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10 quarantined Filipinos from Japan cruise ship coronavirus-free – DOH @ 2020-03-03T08: Back Hot News
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AS THE CORONAVIRUS SPREADS ACROSS THE GLOBE, THE CRUISE INDUSTRY HAS TAKEN A HIT. CRUISE COMPANIES ARE PREDICTING LOWER PROFITS THIS YEAR, SHIPS HAVE BEEN STRANDED AS GOVERNMENTS BLOCK THEM FROM PORTS, AND PASSENGERS ON PRINCESS CRUISES' DIAMOND PRINCESS SHIP FACED A WEEKS-LONG QUARANTINE THAT RESULTED IN OVER 700 PEOPLE CONTRACTING THE VIRUS.
MORE THAN 950 INFECTIONS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN JAPAN, INCLUDING OVER 700 PEOPLE WHO WERE ABOARD THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP DOCKED NEAR TOKYO. OF THE 12 DEATHS IN THE COUNTRY, SIX WERE RELATED TO THE CRUISE SHIP.
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FURIOUS PASSENGERS ON BOARD VIRGIN"S FIRST EVER CRUISE SHIP HAVE LASHED OUT AFTER BEING TOLD THE VESSEL WILL SKIP ITS PLANNED STOP IN NEW YORK AND DIVERT TO MIAMI AMID CORONAVIRUS FEARS.
CRUISE LINES NEED TO BE EVEN MORE PREPARED. SHIPS ARE GETTING BIGGER: SOON SOME WILL CARRY 11,000 PEOPLE AT A TIME. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN A CRUISE IS FORECAST TO DOUBLE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND SHIPYARDS ARE AT FULL CAPACITY, WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING ON A NEW CRUISE SHIP EVERY 47 DAYS. BY 2027, THERE WILL BE NEARLY 500 CRUISE SHIPS IN OPERATION, COMPARED WITH 264 SHIPS IN 2018, WITH EVEN MORE POTENTIAL FOR HOLIDAYS TO GO WRONG.
FLORIDA REP. CHIP LAMARCA, WHOSE DISTRICT 93 INCLUDES PORT EVERGLADES IN FORT LAUDERDALE, SAID CRUISE LINES ARE TAKING EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP PASSENGERS SAFE, AND SAID CRUISE LINES HAVEN"T SEEN A DROP OR CANCELLATIONS FOR SHIPS LEAVING FLORIDA PORTS.
MS MCKINNON TRIED TO BOOK A CRUISE TO MARRY THE LOVE HER LIFE WHEN SHE WAS TOLD HER SON COULDN"T BOARD THE SHIP, THROWING HER BIG DAY INTO DISARRAY.
IN A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT, LUXURY LINES CRYSTAL CRUISES AND SEABOURN ARE ABOUT TO GET INTO THE NICHE, WHICH INVOLVES SMALL, HARDY SHIPS TRAVELING TO REMOTE, HARD-TO-REACH PLACES. UPSCALE LINE VIKING JUST ANNOUNCED PLANS TO ADD EXPEDITION SHIPS, TOO. SILVERSEA, PONANT AND HAPAG-LLOYD CRUISES ARE ALREADY BIG IN EXPEDITION CRUISING AND GETTING BIGGER, AND UPSCALE RIVER CRUISE OPERATOR SCENIC LUXURY CRUISES & TOURS JUST UNVEILED ITS VERY FIRST EXPEDITION VESSEL.
ACCORDING TO MSC CRUISES, THE SHIP’S MEDICAL RECORDS SHOWED ONE CASE OF INFLUENZA, WHICH AFFECTED A CREW MEMBER WHO HAD TRAVELED TO MIAMI FROM MANILA, PHILIPPINES VIA ISTANBUL. THE CREW MEMBER TESTED POSITIVE FOR TYPE A INFLUENZA AFTER VISITING THE SHIP’S MEDICAL CENTER WHILE ALREADY ABOARD. MSC CRUISES SAID IT IS STANDARD PRACTICE TO REPORT ANY ILLNESSES ON BOARD TO RELEVANT LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES. ACCORDING TO THE CRUISE LINE, THE CREW MEMBER EMBARKED ON THE CRUISE AFTER PASSING A MANDATORY HEALTH SCREENING GIVEN TO ALL PASSENGERS ON THE SHIP.
ALL BUT A HANDFUL OF PASSENGERS ABOARD THE DISEASE-STRICKEN DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP BERTHED IN YOKOHAMA HAVE DISEMBARKED. BUT FOR JAPAN, THE SAGA IS FAR FROM OVER. MUCH OF THE CREW REMAINS ON BOARD, ENDURING ANOTHER 14 DAYS OF QUARANTINE—ALTHOUGH THIS TIME UNDER CONDITIONS THAT JAPANESE OFFICIALS HOPE WILL PREVENT ADDITIONAL INFECTIONS. BUT THERE HAS BEEN ANOTHER WORRISOME DEVELOPMENT: AS OF TUESDAY, EIGHT PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO WORKED ON THE SHIP TO SUPPORT THE QUARANTINE HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, AND MORE MAY FOLLOW.
WORKING TO TEAR DOWN THE GENDER GAP CELEBRITY CRUISES LAUNCHED THE #BRIDGETHEGAP CAMPAIGN, HIRING THE FIRST AMERICAN FEMALE CRUISE SHIP CAPTAIN, KATE MCCUE, AND ANNOUNCING THAT 22 PERCENT OF THEIR BRIDGE TEAMS ARE MADE UP OF WOMEN.
A CRUISE SHIP BOUND FOR VANUATU WAS DIVERTED TO NEW ZEALAND AS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON BOARD FELL ILL.
A US GRANDFATHER CHARGED WITH THE DEATH OF HIS GRANDDAUGHTER ABOARD A CRUISE SHIP IN PUERTO RICO HAS DECIDED TO PLEAD GUILTY.
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.
AT LEAST, I DIDN』T EXPECT ANY OF THIS, EVEN THOUGH I WROTE A THRILLER SET ON A CRUISE SHIP—OR PERHAPS IN PART BECAUSE I WROTE A THRILLER SET ON A CRUISE SHIP, AND FIGURED MY IMAGINATION WAS MORE FEVERED THAN REALITY. I HAD IMAGINED A MURDER MYSTERY WITH MEDICAL CLUES, BUT I HAD NOT IMAGINED THIS. I HAD PREPARED FOR EVERYTHING, BUT I HAD NOT PREPARED FOR THIS.
LAST YEAR, THAT COMPANY REPORTED TO THE CITY THAT IT ACCEPTED 1,534 TONS OF CRUISE SHIP GARBAGE — MORE THAN 3.3 MILLION POUNDS. THAT』S EVEN MORE THAN IN 2018, WHEN 830 TONS, OR 1.8 MILLION POUNDS, OF TRASH FROM CRUISE SHIPS ENDED UP IN THE LANDFILL. ABOUT 30,000 TONS OF GARBAGE TYPICALLY GO INTO THE LANDFILL EACH YEAR.
BUFFET-FREE ZONE: THE SHIP WILL FEATURE OVER 20 DINING AND DRINKING OPTIONS BUT NO BUFFETS OR MAIN DINING ROOMS LIKE YOU"D FIND ON TRADITIONAL CRUISE SHIPS.

 

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