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Many cruise lines suspended their operations to mitigate the spread of the pandemic. By June 2020, over 40 cruise ships had had confirmed positive cases of coronavirus on board. The last cruise ship with passengers aboard during the first wave of the pandemic, Artania, docked at its home port with its last eight passengers on 8 June 2020.
On 14 April 2020, a lawsuit was filed against Princess Cruise Lines by the widow of a retired Dallas firefighter who was a passenger that died of the virus. [34] The lawsuit alleged that Princess Cruise Lines did not warn the couple that an outbreak on board the ship had sickened passengers during its previous voyage.
The Diamond Princess is a British-registered luxury cruise ship that is operated by Princess Cruises, a holiday company based in the United States and Bermuda. In February 2020, during a cruise of the Western Pacific, cases of COVID-19 were detected on board. The vessel was quarantined off Japan for two weeks, after which all remaining ...
The Last Cruise documents the experiences of people on board the now-infamous Diamond Princess cruise ship, where an uncontained COVID-19 outbreak at the start of the pandemic became a global spectacle and a faraway symbol of the new virus and its potential to upend any sense of normalcy. The ship set sail from Yokohama, Japan
Infectious disease on cruise ships is a hazard associated with cruises. Outbreaks of contagious diseases can spread quickly due to the confined cruise ship environment, reliance on shared spaces, the lack of healthcare facilities, [ 1 ] and the large number of passengers and crew members from disparate points of origin.
By 31 March 2020, the number reported as being "ill" had increased to 193. [24] Rotterdam had taken almost 1,400 symptom-free people from Zaandam, leaving 450 passengers and 602 crew members on her sister ship. [25] By 30 March 2020, Holland America did not receive permission to dock either vessel at Fort Lauderdale as planned.
Pages in category "Cruise ships involved in the COVID-19 pandemic" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Australia confirmed the first death in the country, a 78-year-old man from the cruise ship Diamond Princess. [3] The Czech Republic confirmed the first three cases in the country, individuals that had traveled from Northern Italy. [4] The Dominican Republic confirmed its first case, a 62-year-old Italian tourist. [5]