'If Libya is hell and Europe is heaven, this is purgatory': Life inside Covid-19 quarantine ship
'If Libya is hell and Europe is heaven, this is purgatory': Life inside Covid-19 quarantine ship Journalist Ian Urbina volunteered with the Red Cross in order to spend time on one of the Covid-19 quarantine ships moored off the coast of Italy. Nine luxury cruise ships were repurposed to house children, women and men fleeing their countries across the sea for a better life 06 June 2021 - 00:00 By Ian Urbina La Suprema, a cruise ship built in 2003 for $120m (about R960m then), can carry nearly 3,000 passengers, plus 1,000 cars. The length of six or seven soccer fields, the ship has ...