Luxury cruise ship freed in Greenland after 3 on board test positive for COVID-19

(FOX BUSINESS) – A luxury cruise ship carrying 206 passengers and crew was “successfully” freed Thursday amid fears of a potential COVID-19 outbreak on board.

The owner of the Ocean Explorer, Copenhagen-based SunStone Ships, said a fishing vessel owned by the Greenland government pulled the cruise ship out of the mud and silt that had immobilized it.

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“On Thursday early morning the OCEAN EXPLORER was successfully pulled of the grounding in the East Greenland Fjord. This was done based on a pull from the vessel TARAJOQ and the vessel’s own power,” SunStone said in a news release. “There have not been any injuries to any person onboard, no pollution of the environment and no breach of the hull.”