Arabic → English transcript

They’re saying we have

rats on the ship and that the ship’s crew tried to cover up the cause of death,

and that right now they’re silencing us so that we don’t expose the facts.

I am now on the infected ship, and let me tell you the

truth about the rumors that are spreading. We left the country of Cape Verde in the

past few days after we evacuated the body and the patients who were on the ship,

and we had new doctors and specialists join us, and we are now on our way

to the Canary Islands in Spain so that we can be evacuated back to our countries.

Second, the situation on the ship is very calm, there is no panic

or compulsory quarantine, and none of the people on the ship have any

symptoms of the illness.

We have a daily schedule like any other trip,

but while maintaining social distancing, sanitizing our hands,

and wearing masks in the ship’s indoor areas.

My daily routine starts with morning exercises, then we have breakfast.

During the day there are several entertainment activities from the crew,

while maintaining about the safety instructions,

and we have three delicious meals a day,

and personally I spend most of my day walking around the ship,

and this is most people’s routine.

Third, the hygiene procedures on the ship are very strict

The virus getting onto the ship had nothing to do with rats,

rather there was a person who got sick on his previous trip to Argentina,

brought the illness,

and passed it to his wife and some people with whom

he had very close contact Hantavirus is usually not contagious,

but the Andes variant of it is weakly contagious.

Only seven people got sick out of a total of one hundred forty- nine,

even though we spent thirty- five days together on the ship,

so this is not a new pandemic, and it is not corona, and the matter is nowhere

near reaching that stage. Fourth, I read in the news about five,

then six, then seven new cases of new patients.

But the truth is that the number did not increase, rather it was only that

the lab results came back for the people who had already been sick,

so the increase in the number was not New patients,

but rather the arrival of the results we had originally sent to the labs.

Fifth, a clip spread of the captain announcing the first death

that happened with us on the ship,

and that he tried to cover up the cause of death, while in reality the captain’s

words were based on the opinion of the doctor on the ship,

who himself later got sick, so no one knew what we were dealing with.

Finally, I saw a lot of rumors on the media that passengers

are being silenced because they are not coming out and talking to the media,

but the truth is simply that the people on the ship are trying to preserve

their privacy, even though they have Wi- Fi and can do whatever they want,

but they are not keen on being circulated as media content, especially after

we saw how the media has been dealing with the issue in the last few days.

And that is the whole story. If you have any other questions,

write them in the comments and I will try to answer the most common questions.