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| Coronavirus ship: Going 'stir crazy' on Grand Princess cruise | Coronavirus ship: Going 'stir crazy' on Grand Princess cruise |
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| A 77-year-old grandmother has said she is going "stir crazy" on board a coronavirus-hit cruise ship. | A 77-year-old grandmother has said she is going "stir crazy" on board a coronavirus-hit cruise ship. |
| Margaret Bartlett is one of 140 Britons on the Grand Princess, which has been barred from docking in California after 21 people tested positive. | Margaret Bartlett is one of 140 Britons on the Grand Princess, which has been barred from docking in California after 21 people tested positive. |
| The ship is due to arrive in Oakland on Monday and Mrs Bartlett, from Burnley, said it was "terrible" on board and they have "rotten food". | The ship is due to arrive in Oakland on Monday and Mrs Bartlett, from Burnley, said it was "terrible" on board and they have "rotten food". |
| A passenger who was staying 10 cabins away from Mrs Bartlett has died. | A passenger who was staying 10 cabins away from Mrs Bartlett has died. |
| The Foreign Office said it was "working intensively" to secure a repatriation flight for Britons stuck on the ship, which is carrying 3,500 passengers and crew. | The Foreign Office said it was "working intensively" to secure a repatriation flight for Britons stuck on the ship, which is carrying 3,500 passengers and crew. |
| Mrs Bartlett has been confined to her cabin, which has no balcony, and said she was "dreading" being stuck on board as some Americans are taken off. | Mrs Bartlett has been confined to her cabin, which has no balcony, and said she was "dreading" being stuck on board as some Americans are taken off. |
| She said: "The food is rotten and terrible and we have to fight for it. It is not good enough." | |
| "We are going stir crazy stuck in the cabin. It is a bit depressing when we saw land and it was sunny and we couldn't get out. | "We are going stir crazy stuck in the cabin. It is a bit depressing when we saw land and it was sunny and we couldn't get out. |
| "We are hoping something will get done. It is terrible." | "We are hoping something will get done. It is terrible." |
| Her daughter Lyndsey Vickers told the BBC she was "very worried" about her mother. | Her daughter Lyndsey Vickers told the BBC she was "very worried" about her mother. |
| She said: "There is no reassurance that the ship is about to dock as I don't think she is going to get off. | She said: "There is no reassurance that the ship is about to dock as I don't think she is going to get off. |
| "My greatest fear is that they will be kept on that ship for two weeks." | "My greatest fear is that they will be kept on that ship for two weeks." |
| Princess Cruises rejected Mrs Bartlett's complaints about the food with a spokesperson saying it was "made from fresh" and passengers had received meal deliveries to their rooms by room service. | |
| Cruise ships are feared to be fertile breeding grounds for the Covid-19 virus. There were more than 700 cases and six linked deaths on the Diamond Princess, which was held off Japan last month. | Cruise ships are feared to be fertile breeding grounds for the Covid-19 virus. There were more than 700 cases and six linked deaths on the Diamond Princess, which was held off Japan last month. |