Rescue boat with 422 migrants, some testing positive for Covid-19, heads to Sicily

A rescue ship with 422 migrants aboard, a small number of whom tested positive for Covid-19, was headed to a port in Sicily on Sunday.SOS Mediterranee, the humanitarian group which operates the rescue ship Ocean Viking, said Italy had granted the vessel permission to enter the port of Augusta, where it was expected to arrive on Sunday evening, just as rain and strong winds were forecast.The migrants were rescued in separate operations in the central Mediterranean Sea on Thursday and Friday,…

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