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As of 8 April, the ship's crew of about 1,000 remained on board, with 200 exhibiting flu-like symptoms; 18 had tested positive for COVID-19. On 11 April, NSW Health announced that from 88 crew who were tested, 44 of them or 50 per cent, tested positive to COVID-19. [268] 542 crew members were taken of the ship for repatriation between 21 and 23 ...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, former passengers of the cruise ship Grand Princess who had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 were being linked to cruises they had taken on the ship while it traveled between California, Mexico, and Hawaii.
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.
Princess Cruises' Jan Swartz says the cruise line is "ready and well-equipped" to deal with COVID-19 after resuming cruises. Princess Cruises ships had early COVID-19 outbreaks. The cruise line is ...
Last week, it was announced that 21 people aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship — 19 crew members and 2 passengers — tested positive for the virus Grand Princess Cruise Ship Carrying 21 ...
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 on January 20, 2020.
The ill-fated Diamond Princess cruise ship, on which more than 700 passengers and crew members tested positive for coronavirus, left Japan over the weekend after more than three months in quarantine.
A passenger on board contracted COVID-19 on the cruise and died, resulting in the ship being quarantined off the coast of San Francisco because of further infections. [98] On 20 March 2020, it was announced that three passengers and a crew member of Ruby Princess had tested positive for COVID-19. [99]