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Number of Pinoys with COVID-19 on Diamond Princess cruise ship rises to 35 @ 2020-02-19T12: Back Hot News
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CARNIVAL SERVES NEARLY 11.5 MILLION TRAVELERS A YEAR, OR ROUGHLY 50 PERCENT OF THE GLOBAL CRUISE MARKET. IT RUNS SOME OF THE BEST-KNOWN CRUISE BRANDS IN THE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING ITS FLAGSHIP CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE, THE PRINCESS CRUISES BRAND AND THE HOLLAND AMERICA LINE, WHOSE FLEET INCLUDES THE WESTERDAM.
WHILE QUARANTINES CAN MEET THESE CRITERIA, HE SAID, THE MEASURES IMPOSED ON THE SHIP DO NOT APPEAR TO DO SO. 「IT IS QUITE ARBITRARY IN NATURE. TYPICALLY WHEN YOU QUARANTINE PEOPLE IN PUBLIC HEALTH TO PREVENT ONWARD SPREAD OF A VIRUS, YOU ARE QUARANTINING PEOPLE WHO YOU KNOW HAVE AN INFECTIOUS AGENT – PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE UNWELL. THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ON THIS CRUISE SHIP ARE NOT INFECTED AND WERE NOT INFECTED AT THE POINT THAT THE QUARANTINE BEGAN,」 HE SAID.
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THE COMPANIES, INCLUDING THE BIGGEST LINES LIKE NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES AND CARNIVAL CORP., WHICH INCLUDES PRINCESS CRUISES, HAVE EITHER DECLINED TO COMMENT OR HAVE RELEASED STATEMENTS REITERATING THAT THEIR PRIORITY IS PASSENGER SAFETY. EACH CRUISE LINE ALSO LISTED THE PRECAUTIONS IT IS TAKING TO KEEP PASSENGERS SAFE: BECAUSE THEY TYPICALLY HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN A SMALL SPACE OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, CRUISE SHIPS ARE KNOWN TO BE INCUBATORS FOR ILLNESSES.
IF YOU ARE AN AMERICAN TOURIST WHO HAS SPENT TWO WEEKS QUARANTINED ABOARD A CRUISE SHIP OFF JAPAN BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF CONTAGION FROM THE COVID-19 VIRUS, AKA THE CORONAVIRUS, YOU ARE PROBABLY ANXIOUS TO RETURN TO THE U.S — BUT BEING HERDED ONTO A CARGO PLANE, WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE THE VIRUS, MAY NOT BE YOUR PREFERRED MEANS OF DOING SO. THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED TO MORE THAN 300 AMERICANS WHO LEFT JAPAN ON SUNDAY ABOARD TWO CHARTERED BOEING 747 FREIGHTERS, AND WHO NOW HAVE TO ENDURE 14 MORE DAYS OF QUARANTINE AT MILITARY BASES IN THE U.S.
AS PASSENGERS FROM THE SHUNNED CRUISE LINER WESTERDAM HEAD HOME FOLLOWING TWO WEEKS IN LIMBO AT SEA, HEALTH AUTHORITIES AROUND THE WORLD ARE HAVING TO MOBILIZE TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS AFTER AN AMERICAN GUEST FROM THE SHIP WAS FOUND TO BE INFECTED.
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. "A SELECT NUMBER OF HIGH-RISK PASSENGERS" WERE THEN FLOWN TO OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ACCORDING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT. 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.
THE COUPLE, KELLI AND BOB LANDERS FROM HAWTHORN WOODS,ARE ONBOARD THE HOLLAND AMERICA WESTERDAM CRUISE SHIP. THEY BOARDED THE SHIP ONJAN. 16 AS PART OF A 30-DAY CRUISE, AND STOPPED IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES, INCLUDINGTHAILAND, VIETNAM AND HONG KONG.
A CAR LEAVES THE DAIKOKU PIER CRUISE TERMINAL WHERE THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP IS DOCKED IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, 16 FEBRUARY 2020. EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHON.
THE 117 CRUISE CALLS SCHEDULED FOR THE CITY THIS YEAR INVOLVE 32 VESSELS FROM 19 CRUISE LINES. MANY OF THE SHIPS RETURN TO THE CITY SEVERAL TIMES. THE CARNIVAL MIRACLE, WHICH IS SET TO MAKE ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE TO SAN FRANCISCO IN MARCH, PLANS TO MAKE A TOTAL OF 28 CALLS IN SAN FRANCISCO, ACCOUNTING FOR MUCH OF THE INCREASE THE CITY WILL SEE THIS YEAR. THE SHIP USUALLY DEPARTS FROM LONG BEACH AND HEADS TO HAWAII AND MEXICO.
PHOTO: THE CRUISE SHIP QUEEN MARY 2 SAILED INTO FREMANTLE PORT ON TUESDAY.
THE PATIENTS WERE PASSENGERS ABOARD THE JAPANESE CRUISE SHIP WHO WERE QUARANTINED AND EVACUATED TO TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE IN FAIRFIELD. THEY ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL IN NAPA ON MONDAY. 
MICHELLE FEE, CEO OF THE TRAVEL AGENCY FRANCHISE GROUP CRUISE PLANNERS, HAS A SIMILAR TAKE. 「THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY ISLAND DESTINATIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN FOR A SHIP TO BE ABLE TO SAIL TO, PLUS THE FACT THAT ALL SHIPS SAIL TO THE SAME ISLANDS,” SHE SAID. “THIS NOT ONLY GIVES EACH CRUISE LINE A DIFFERENTIATOR BUT ALLOWS THEM TO INFUSE THEIR PERSONALITY.”
QANTAS IS TO FLY FROM TO TOKYO ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO PICK UP AT LEAST 170 PASSENGERS BUSSED FROM YOKOHAMA, WHERE THE CRUISE SHIP IS DOCKED. OF THE 220 AUSTRALIANS ORIGINALLY ON BOARD THE SHIP, MORE THAN 30 HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS. ANOTHER 15 PEOPLE HAVE FAILED TO SIGN UP FOR EVACUATION BY WEDNESDAY MORNING, MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE AUSTRALIAN FAMILY IN HOSPITAL IN JAPAN WITH CORONAVIRUS AND DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEM BEHIND, PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON SAID ON WEDNESDAY.
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