Chris Reynolds

Good morning.

And good morning, Graham, who actually vaccinated me before I went to Africa.

The master is always in charge.

There's an audible expression before God and master.

There's only one person more important than the master, and that's God.

So what the ship will do on its way into port will fly a flag called a Free Pratique flag.

It's sometimes called the plague flag, the yellow flag.

And that says to the port authorities, I'm free of disease.

So obviously, if he's not free of disease, you have to sell the port authorities, otherwise your insurance is void.

And then the port authorities decide what to do about the ship.

Usually, there will be a biosecurity customs officer who will be in charge of that and he'll decide whether people get off or stay on board.

Yes, well, Cape Verde isn't a very advanced country and it wouldn't have a very advanced healthcare system.

it's only about, I think, about half a million people and about quarter million live around the city, the capital city, Priya, that it's anchored off.

So obviously that's a high risk for them that they don't want.

They feel they've no need to take on board.

But the problem you have with cruise ships is you have a high concentration of people

in a confined space and usually they're not the youngest of people, so they'll get sicker quicker.

So it's like a little hotbed.

As Graeme said, during COVID, the cruise ships were a big problem at the start.

Yeah, that's a big debate that we have.