Two other aircrafts of the same model contracted by the UK authorities to the British Airways company will leave Havana in the upcoming few hours.

An Airbus A-340 is also prepared on the airfield runway, which will transport the five confirmed Covid-19 patients and others with the disease’s symptoms who were on the vessel.

The MS Braemar cruise docked early on Wednesday morning in the port of Mariel, located 50 kilometers west of Havana, where the evacuation began.

The ship, which belongs to the Fred Olsen Cruise Lines company, was at sea since March 8 with 682 passengers and 381 crew members on board after being rejected in several Caribbean ports.

On Monday, the Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez confirmed that Cuba would allow them to dock at the request of the UK government, following the security protocols established by the World Health Organization and the Cuba’s Ministry of Public Health.

The decision responds to a health emergency in which there sick people’s lives could be at stake, the head of the diplomacy tweeted.

On Tuesday, UK Foreign Minister Dominic Raab let know the UK Parliament the British owed a debt of gratitude to Cuba for allowing the docking of the cruise and aiding in the repatriation of tourists and crew on board.

The cruise passengers also appreciated the Cuban government’s decision to receive them from social networks and said goodbye to the press from the plane’s steps.

One of the tourists, Anthea Guthire, wrote on Facebook, ‘We are very grateful to your country and we will never forget how hard it must have worked with our government to achieve it. Thank you’.