Handling positive COVID-19 cases from ships

08 Oct 2020 / Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

Please follow the below given procedures in case if any crew onboard tested positive for COVID-19:

ASYMPTOMATIC (WITHOUT SYMPTOMS) CASES

  1. Test result is positive.
  2. Fujairah Port Medical Centre (FPMC) Doctor’s report confirms that the patient (ship crew) is asymptomatic.
  3. Ship’s agent to contact FPMC for the acceptance of the patient at FPMC isolation room, FPMC to confirm to PoF [Port of Fujairah] about acceptance of the patient.
  4. The patient will be admitted at the isolation room in FPMC.
  5. The patient will be transferred to FPMC through an approved crew boat and your ambulance as follows:
    a) FMPC will provide the boat’s crew with PPE as per MOHAP guidelines.
    b) Boat will pick up the patient and transfer him ashore.
    c) FPMC ambulance will pick up the patient and will be sent to the isolation room.
    d) The crew boat will be disinfected by a registered company (by PoF) and a certificate will be submitted to PoF.
    e) The ship will be disinfected by a registered company (by PoF) and a certificate will be submitted to PoF.
    f) Once the isolation is over as per MOHAP guidelines, the recovered crew member can return back to his ship or fly home.

SYMPTOMATIC (WITH SYMPTOMS) CASES

  1. Test result is positive.
  2. Fujairah Port Medical Centre (FPMC) Doctor’s report confirms that the patient (ship crew) is symptomatic.
  3. The patient will be admitted to MOHAP hospital as per their guidelines.
  4. The patient will be transferred to MOHAP hospital through an approved crew boat and national ambulance as follows:
    a) FMPC will provide the boat’s crew with PPE as per MOHAP guidelines.
    b) Boat will pick up the patient and transfer him ashore.
    c) National ambulance will pick up the patient and send him to MOHAP hospital.
    d) The crew boat will be disinfected by a registered company (by PoF) and a certificate will be submitted to PoF.
    e) The ship will be disinfected by a registered company (by PoF) and a certificate will be submitted to PoF.
    f) Once the treatment is over and the patient is fit as per MOHAP guidelines, the recovered crew member can return back to his ship or fly home.

(For further details and updates, as well as information about operations in Fujairah, contact GAC Fujairah at [email protected])

Source: Port of Fujairah Notice to Agent No.80/2020 dated 8 October 2020

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