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New £2 Million Fund from Seafarers UK to Help Seafarers Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
20 April 2020 https://www.cobseo.org.uk/new-2-million-fund-from-seafarers-uk-to-help-s...

Artania cruise ship crewman in his 40s becomes youngest person in Australia to die from coronavirus
Benjamin Gubana 17 April 2020 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-17/man-in-40s-youngest-to-die-in-aus...

A 42-year-old man who was a crew member of the cruise ship Artania has died in a Perth hospital, becoming the seventh coronavirus death recorded in WA and the youngest person to die of the virus in the country.

Pinoy doctor dies while aboard ship in the Netherlands
Jofelle Tesorio, Apr 17 2020 https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/04/15/20/pinoy-doctor-dies-of-natural-...

Dr. Rhoneil Ramirez Deveraturda. Photo from his Facebook account

Cruise ship workers out of jobs till end of 2020
Recto Mercene & Samuel P. Medenilla April 20, 2020 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/04/20/cruise-ship-workers-out-of-jobs...

Quarantine facilities for 8,000 seamen: CM
TNN | Apr 20, 2020 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/quarantine-facilities-for-8...

Goa Covid-free, but risks loom as 7,000 seamen set to return
Bindiya Chari | Apr 20, 2020 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/goa-covid-free-but-risks-loom-...

DFA brings home 571 more Filipino seafarers
Apr 19, 2020 https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/4/19/more-filipino-seafarers-arrive...

200 Filipino seamen from Germany arrive
Charmaine A. Tadalan April 17, 2020 https://www.bworldonline.com/200-filipino-seamen-from-germany-arrive/

ABOUT 200 Filipino sailors from Germany came home on Friday amid a novel coronavirus pandemic that has sickened 2.2 million and killed more than 147,000 people worldwide, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

Master of Panamax container ship killed by crew UPDATES
Mikhail Voytenko April 18, 2020 https://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/04/17/master-of-panamax-container-...

South Harbor COVID-19 treatment facility to open sooner than target
PPA April 18, 2020 https://pia.gov.ph/press-releases/releases/1039320

MANILA, April 17 -- The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is set to open the South Harbor Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) medical treatment facility as early as next week as retrofitting of the passenger terminal is likely to finish this weekend.