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SIR RICHARD BRANSON HAS LAUNCHED HIS FIRST CRUISE SHIP AND BRUSHED OFF CONCERNS THAT THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK WILL DISSUADE YOUNGER HOLIDAYMAKERS FROM EMBRACING HIS LATEST VENTURE.
A REPATRIATION FLIGHT CARRYING 32 BRITONS AND EUROPEANS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS-INFECTED CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS LANDED IN THE UK ON SATURDAY – AMID GROWING FEARS FOR THE WELFARE OF SOME UK PASSENGERS LEFT BEHIND IN JAPAN.
IF YOU GET SICK SULLIVAN SAYS YOU WON』T GET THE LEVEL OF CARE ON A CRUISE SHIP, YOU WOULD ONSHORE. 「DOCTORS ON CRUISE SHIPS TEND NOT TO HAVE HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES, NOT SPECIALIST, NOT BEST IN THEIR FIELD,」 SAID SULLIVAN. BUT ISSUES WITH CRUISE SHIPS GO BEYOND WHAT』S ON BOARD TO WHAT』S BEING THROWN OVERBOARD. A SHIP TRAVELING FOR ONE WEEK WITH 3,000 PASSENGERS AND CREW CAN GENERATE MORE THAN 200,000 GALLONS OF SEWAGE.
JAPAN WON’T TEST MEDICAL WORKERS WHO CAME IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH PASSENGERS ON THE QUARANTINED DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP DOCKED NEAR TOKYO, THE NHK BROADCASTER REPORTED ON SUNDAY.
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.
THERE’S BIG NEWS FOR CRUISING FANS IN VIRGINIA. CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE REVEALED ON THURSDAY PLANS TO GIVE THE STATE ITS BIGGEST CRUISE SHIP EVER.
TWO PASSENGERS FROM THE DIAMOND PRINCESS, BOTH JAPANESE NATIONALS, HAVE DIED IN HOSPITALS IN JAPAN. WITH THE QUARANTINE PERIOD ON THE SHIP ENDING, HEALTHY PASSENGERS ARE NOW BEING CLEARED BY JAPANESE HEALTH OFFICIALS TO LEAVE THE SHIP AND RETURN HOME. ACCORDING TO THE PRINCESS CRUISE LINE, WHICH IS OWNED BY CARNIVAL CORP., 600 OF THE SHIP"S PASSENGERS WERE CLEARED ON FEB. 20, WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED MORE EXPECTED TO TEST NEGATIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS IN THE COMING DAYS.
SIMILAR ORDEALS HAVE PLAYED OUT ACROSS THE WORLD, WITH HEADLINES REFERRING TO THE 「CORONAVIRUS CRUISE SHIP NIGHTMARE,」 THE 「PARIAH CRUISE SHIP」 AND 「FLOATING PETRI DISHES.」 THE ATTENTION COMES AT AN INOPPORTUNE TIME, DURING THE BUSY 「WAVE SEASON,」 WHEN MANY TRAVELERS BOOK CRUISES.
CHINA IS BRINGING IN SEVEN CRUISE SHIPS TO HOUSE MEDICAL WORKERS IN WUHAN, STATE MEDIA SAID ON SATURDAY, AT A TIME WHEN SUCH SHIPS ARE UNDER SCRUTINY AFTER HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS ON THE DIAMOND PRINCESS LINER IN JAPAN CONTRACTED THE CORONAVIRUS.
STEWART CHIRON, A LEADING INDUSTRY EXPERT, SAYS THAT CRUISE SHIPS ARE NOTHING LIKE THE HOTBED OF VIRUSES THAT THEY ARE PAINTED OUT TO BE AND CRUISE LINES TAKE "EXTENSIVE PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP SHIPS CLEAN".
THE CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS IS DOCKED AT THE PORT OF YOKOHAMA, SOUTH OF TOKYO, IN THIS PHOTO TAKEN BY KYODO FEBRUARY 7, 2020. MANDATORY CREDIT KYODO/VIA REUTERS
11 CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS, NEBRASKA HOSPITAL SAYS
THE SHIP, 268 METERS LONG WITH A CAPACITY FOR 1,996 PASSENGERS, IS 14 STORIES TALL, AND HAS ROOM FOR 1,000 CREW – WHICH WOULD MAKE IT THE LARGEST CRUISE SHIP TO EVER DOCK IN ISRAEL. THE MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE IS SET FOR THE SPRING, AFTER THE SHIP RETURNS FROM ITS CURRENT DEPLOYMENT ON A CRUISE FROM SOUTH AFRICA BACK TO GREECE.
THE PASSENGERS OF THE CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS ARRIVED AT THE NAV CENTRE YESTERDAY, FRIDAY, FEB. 21 AND ENTERED QUARANTINE. ONE PATIENT WAS TESTED FOR THE VIRUS AS A PRECAUTION AFTER THEY INDICATED THEY WERE FEELING UNWELL.
PASSENGER ON CRUISE SHIP DENIED PORT OF ENTRY: WE ARE NOT A PLAGUE SHIP

 

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