Sumary of Guayaquil welcomes first cruise ship of the season with 11 COVID-19 cases:
- Three travelers who were not infected but who ended their trip at the Ecuadorian port and were due to catch flights back home were escorted to the airport, as instructed by the Health Ministry and other local authorities.
- All travelers were subjected to PCR tests by the shipping company Silversea.
- 19. On Monday, January 17, the Silver Moon had arrived in Manta, where doctors hired by the shipping company performed PCR tests on all 228 passengers from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, the United States and the United Kingdom as well as on the 427 crew members.