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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Nearly 200 people got sick in norovirus outbreaks on Princess Cruises and Royal Caribbean International ships.. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 94 of the 2,532 guests on ...
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.
Diamond Princess and Sapphire Princess were both built in Nagasaki, Japan, by Mitsubishi Industries. There have been two notable outbreaks of infectious disease on the ship – an outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by norovirus in 2016 and an outbreak of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 in 2020. In the latter incident, the ship was quarantined for ...
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 ...