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300 Americans evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship are back in the US, including 14 who have coronavirus @ 2020-02-18T04: Back Hot News
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PASSENGER ON CRUISE SHIP DENIED PORT OF ENTRY: WE ARE NOT A PLAGUE SHIP
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE CRUISE SHIP INDUSTRY HAS BEEN BADLY AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS FEARS, AS GOVERNMENTS SCRAMBLED TO CONTAIN THE RISK OF FURTHER GLOBAL SPREAD. VIETNAM, THAILAND, AND THE PHILIPPINES ARE AMONG COUNTRIES TO HAVE TURNED AWAY CRUISE SHIPS, WHILE ONE OF THE WORLD』S BIGGEST OPERATORS, ROYAL CARIBBEAN, LAST WEEK TOOK THE PREEMPTIVE MEASURE OF CANCELLING 18 CRUISES.
TWO PLANES CARRYING HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS TAKEN OFF A QUARANTINED CRUISE SHIP IN JAPAN ARRIVED AT U.S. MILITARY BASES OVERNIGHT. THE FIRST TOUCHED DOWN AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA AND THE OTHER LANDED SEVERAL HOURS LATER IN TEXAS. THE PLANES BROUGHT EVACUEES FROM THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP, WHICH REMAINS QUARANTINED AFTER AN OUTBREAK ON BOARD OF THE DEADLY NEW CORONAVIRUS.
DESIGNED TO CARRY JUST 126 PASSENGERS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ENDURANCE WILL BE TINY COMPARED TO THE GIANT VESSELS OPERATED BY THE LIKES OF ROYAL CARIBBEAN AND CARNIVAL. IT ALSO WON’T BE A TRADITIONAL CRUISE SHIP OF THE TYPE MOST CRUISERS KNOW. IT WILL BE AN “EXPEDITION” SHIP — A TYPE OF CRUISE VESSEL SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO TRAVEL TO REMOTE, HARD-TO-REACH PLACES.
WATCH PASSENGER"S EVACUATION FROM QUARANTINED CRUISE SHIP
A WOMAN LET OFF A CRUISE SHIP IN CAMBODIA HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS. SCORES OF PASSENGERS WHO LEFT THE MS WESTERDAM, WHICH HAD BEEN AT SEA FOR TWO WEEKS AFTER LEAVING HONG KONG ON 1 FEBRUARY, HAVE SINCE TRAVELLED ON TO OTHER DESTINATIONS. MEANWHILE THE US IS SET TO EVACUATE HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN PASSENGERS FROM THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP QUARANTINED IN JAPAN, AS LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES SAID A FURTHER 70 PEOPLE ONBOARD HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 355. AND A TAXI DRIVER HAS DIED FROM THE CORONAVIRUS IN TAIWAN, MARKING THE FIRST SUCH DEATH ON THE ISLAND AND THE FIFTH FATALITY OUTSIDE MAINLAND CHINA.
KUALA LUMPUR/ SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA (REUTERS) - AN AMERICAN PASSENGER FROM A CRUISE SHIP THAT DOCKED IN CAMBODIA HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE NEW CORONAVIRUS A SECOND TIME IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA SAID ON SUNDAY, AFTER THE CRUISE FIRM AND CAMBODIAN AUTHORITIES SOUGHT FURTHER TESTS.
A BUS CARRYING U.S. PASSENGERS WHO WERE ABOARD THE QUARANTINED CRUISE SHIP THE DIAMOND PRINCESS ARRIVES AT HANEDA AIRPORT IN TOKYO, BEFORE THE PASSENGERS BOARD A KALITTA AIRPLANE CHARTERED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT MONDAY, FEB. 17, 2020. THE CRUISE SHIP WAS CARRYING NEARLY 3,500 PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS UNDER QUARANTINE. (SADAYUKI GOTO/KYODO NEWS VIA AP)
BEAUBIEN: FOR THE MOST PART, IT"S - WE"RE NOT SEEING, YOU KNOW, NEW CLUSTERS ALL OVER THE PLACE. HOWEVER, THERE IS GREAT CONCERN ABOUT ANOTHER CRUISE SHIP. IT WAS THE WESTERDAM. THAT CRUISE SHIP, THERE HAD BEEN RUMORS THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WITH CORONAVIRUS ON IT. THAT SHIP WAS DENIED ENTRY IN FIVE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES BEFORE IT WAS FINALLY ABLE TO DOCK IN CAMBODIA.
CRUISE COMPANIES WORK TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF ILLNESS BY MAINTAINING CLEANLINESS AND MONITORING HEALTH ON BOARD THEIR SHIPS. IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, CARNIVAL—THE PARENT COMPANY OF PRINCESS CRUISES—HAS INTRODUCED EXPANDED PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING 「ENHANCED ONBOARD SANITATION MEASURES WITH NON-TOXIC MATERIALS」 AND 「PRE-BOARDING MEDICAL EVALUATIONS, AS NEEDED.」 ON ITS WEBSITE, ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES TOUTS ITS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM, SUCH AS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INSPECTIONS, FREQUENT WATER SYSTEMS TESTING, AND STRICT FOOD HANDLING RULES.
ARE CRUISE SHIPS REALLY "FLOATING PETRI DISHES"?
THE ADVISORY WAS ISSUED AFTER IT WAS CONFIRMED SATURDAY THAT ONE OF THE CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS, AN AMERICAN WOMAN, HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE COVID-19 AFTER SHE DISEMBARKED IN MALAYSIA.
IT"S THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES: YOU"RE TRAPPED ON A SHIP WHERE A MYSTERIOUS VIRUS IS SWIFTLY INFECTING THOSE ONBOARD. BUT THIS IS REAL LIFE: OVER 3,500 PEOPLE REMAIN QUARANTINED ABOARD THE CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS, WHICH IS DOCKED OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN, AFTER PASSENGERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE NEW CORONAVIRUS.
THE TRAVELERS HAD BEEN AMONG THE MORE THAN 2,200 PASSENGERS AND CREW ON THE HOLLAND AMERICA LINE’S WESTERDAM CRUISE SHIP, WHICH WAS TURNED AWAY BY FIVE PORTS BEFORE DISEMBARKING IN CAMBODIA. AN 83-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN PASSENGER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS A DAY AFTER SHE LEFT THE SHIP.

 

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