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Agency for Filipino crew in virus-hit Japan cruise ship assures seafarers" safety @ 2020-02-08T00: Back Hot News
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FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN ARE MOSTLY BUNKERED IN THEIR ROOMS AND WATCHING MOVIES THAT THE CRUISE SHIP COMPANY HAS DISTRIBUTED TO HELP ALLEVIATE BOREDOM, MS. LI SAID. OLDER PASSENGERS, SHE SAID, WERE LESS WILLING TO BE CONFINED TO THEIR ROOMS, CHOOSING TO PLAY MAHJONG IN COMMUNAL SPACES.
"CRUISE LINES TAKE PUBLIC-HEALTH ISSUES VERY SERIOUSLY — I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN QUARANTINED MYSELF ON DIAMOND PRINCESS IN JAPAN," JARVIS TOLD BUSINESS INSIDER. IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT SHE HAD BEEN QUARANTINED AS AN INDIVIDUAL, RATHER THAN AS PART OF A SHIP-WIDE LOCKDOWN.
TAIWAN'S HEALTH MINISTRY SAID THURSDAY IT WILL PROHIBIT ALL INTERNATIONAL CRUISE SHIPS FROM ITS PORTS. EARLIER IN THE DAY, JAPAN SAID A TAIWANESE PERSON ONBOARD THE QUARANTINED DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE IN YOKOHAMA WAS ONE OF TEN NEW PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH THE VIRUS.
ON THURSDAY, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT A TAIWANESE WOMAN TRAVELING ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE LINER WAS AMONG 10 PASSENGERS INFECTED WITH THE WUHAN CORONAVIRUS -- THE SECOND WAVE OF INFECTIONS CONFIRMED ON THE SHIP AFTER IT ARRIVED IN JAPAN ON MONDAY ON A ROUND TRIP CRUISE THAT INCLUDED A 10-HOUR STOP IN TAIWAN"S KEELUNG PORT ON JAN. 31.
ANOTHER 41 PEOPLE ABOARD A CRUISE SHIP QUARANTINED OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE NEW CORONAVIRUS, INCLUDING FIVE CANADIANS.
THE THREE CONFIRMED VIRUS PATIENTS HAD DISEMBARKED IN CHINA ON JAN. 24, ACCORDING TO CHIEF PORT HEALTH OFFICER LEUNG YIU-HONG AT A BRIEFING AT THE CRUISE TERMINAL. THE CRUISE SHIP, OWNED BY GENTING HK’S DREAM CRUISES, DOCKED IN HONG KONG ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SOME LINES, SUCH AS ROYAL CARIBBEAN, ARE DENYING BOARDING TO PASSENGERS WHO HAVE TRAVELED TO CHINA’S HUBEI PROVINCE ON ALL THEIR SHIPS WORLDWIDE. HUBEI PROVINCE IS HOME TO THE CITY OF WUHAN, WHICH HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF THE OUTBREAK. ROYAL CARIBBEAN THIS WEEK ALSO SAID IT HAD TEMPORARILY POSTPONED THE RETURN OF CREW WHO RESIDE IN CHINA TO ITS SHIPS.
BEIJING - THE DEATH TOLL FROM A CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN CHINA PASSED 490 ON WEDNESDAY, AS TWO U.S. AIRLINES SUSPENDED FLIGHTS TO HONG KONG FOLLOWING THE FIRST FATALITY THERE AND 10 CASES WERE CONFIRMED ON A QUARANTINED JAPANESE CRUISE SHIP.
KUALA LUMPUR (FEB 7): THE TRANSPORT MINISTRY HAS NO PLAN TO BAR CRUISE SHIPS FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING THE SPREAD OF THE 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019-NCOV) INFECTION.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC) DIRECTOR-GENERAL CHOU JIH-HAW (周志浩) ANNOUNCED THE NEW MEASURES AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY, FOLLOWING THE CECC"S DECISION EARLIER THAT DAY TO REFUSE TO LET PASSENGERS DISEMBARK FROM A CRUISE SHIP IN KAOHSIUNG, AMID REPORTS THAT THREE PEOPLE WHO WERE LATER DIAGNOSED WITH THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019-NCOV) HAD BEEN ON BOARD THE VESSEL IN MID-JANUARY.
AT LEAST FOUR OTHER CRUISE SHIPS, TWO FOREIGN AND TWO JAPANESE-OPERATED, ARE HEADED TO JAPAN BY THE END OF THE MONTH, TRANSPORT MINISTER KAZUYOSHI AKABA SAID, URGING PORT AUTHORITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY TO TURN THEM AWAY.
COSTA CROCIERE, A CARNIVAL CORP SUBSIDIARY, IS THE MOST BADLY AFFECTED AS IT HAS FOUR SHIPS CURRENTLY OPERATING OUT OF CHINA. ROYAL CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL, WHICH IS THE FLAGSHIP BRAND OF ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, AND MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING CO-CONTROLLED MSC CRUISES EACH HAVE ONE SHIP. GENTING』S DREAM CRUISE LINES ALSO HAS ONE SHIP THAT HAS DROPPED CALLS IN GUANGZHOU BUT WILL CONTINUE OPERATING OUT OF HONG KONG.
THE NEXT BATCH OF CORONAVIRUS EVACUEES FROM WUHAN WILL BE QUARANTINED AT AN OLD MINING CAMP NEAR DARWIN, WHILE FIVE MORE AUSTRALIANS HAVE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS ON A CRUISE SHIP STRANDED IN JAPAN.
CITING CONCERN FOR THE HEALTH OF ITS PASSENGERS AND CREW, ROYAL CARIBBEAN OVER THE WEEKEND SAID IT WAS DROPPING BOTH TODAY’S AND FRIDAY’S DEPARTURE OF ITS GIANT, CHINA-BASED SPECTRUM OF THE SEAS –ONE OF THE WORLD’S 10 BIGGEST CRUISE VESSELS. MSC CRUISES HAS CANCELED TUESDAY’S SAILING OF ITS CHINA-BASED MSC SPLENDIDA. BOTH SHIPS SAIL OUT OF SHANGHAI.
UNBELIEVABLE, WEEKLY MANY THOUSANDS CRUISE PASSENGERS/CREW WALK OF THE SHIPS ASHORE IN PATONG PHUKET. THE VESSELS ARE SAILING POSSIBLE CORONAVIRUS BOMBS. IT JUST NEEDS 1 OR 2 PERSONS IN THEIR INCUBATION TIME TO INFECT MANY OTHER ON BOARD DURING CRUISE, AND SO NEXT, ASHORE IN PATONG.
CHINESE MEDIA REPORT MAJOR CRUISE COMPANIES IMPLEMENTING MASS BOARDING BAN FOR ALL TOURISTS WHO』RE ABOUT TO EMBARK SHIPS, IF THEY COME FROM WUHAN CITY OR HEBEI PROVINCE, OR EVEN IF THEY WERE IN WUHAN IN 15-DAY PERIOD PRIOR TO CRUISE. ALL PASSENGERS WHOSE TRIP IS SUSPENDED ARE OFFERED REFUND OPTIONS. SUCH COMPANIES AS COSTA CRUISES, ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, MSC MEDITERRANEAN CRUISES, DREAM CRUISES, STAR CRUISES AND OCEANIA CRUISES, IMPLEMENT THESE STRICT MEASURES ON JAN 24 IN ORDER TO PREVENT CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ON BOARD OF THEIR SHIPS, SAY CHINESE MEDIA.

 

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