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关键词:Hong Kong cruise ship
概念:
THE DIAMOND PRINCESS, OPERATED BY UK-BASED PRINCESS CRUISES, HAS OVER 400 HONGKONGERS ON BOARD AND REMAINS DOCKED IN YOKOHAMA UNDER A QUARANTINE PERIOD EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL NEXT WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE, PASSENGERS FINALLY LEFT THE WORLD DREAM AT HONG KONG’S KAI TAK CRUISE TERMINAL ON SUNDAY, AFTER ALL 35 CREW MEMBERS TESTED NEGATIVE FOR THE SARS-LIKE INFECTION. CREW MEMBERS HAVE NOW RESUMED THEIR DUTIES ABOARD THE SHIP, AN EMPLOYEE TOLD HKFP, FOLLOWING A FOUR-DAY LOCKDOWN.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE CASES, 52 HONG KONG RESIDENTS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS ON THE CRUISE SHIP DIAMOND PRINCESS IN JAPAN. THERE ARE 352 HONG KONG RESIDENTS ON THE SHIP.
(CNN)TWO US-BASED CRUISE LINES ARE FORBIDDING PEOPLE WITH CHINESE, HONG KONG OR MACAU PASSPORTS FROM BOARDING THEIR CRUISE SHIPS, ACCORDING TO COMPANY STATEMENTS RELEASED FRIDAY.
ON WEDNESDAY, A SERIES OF CHEERS WENT UP FROM PEOPLE LINING THE LOWER DECK OF THE CRUISE SHIP AND THERE WERE SEVERAL LOUD BLASTS OF THE SHIP’S HORN AS PASSENGERS BEGAN DISEMBARKING, 18 DAYS AFTER THE SHIP FIRST LEFT HONG KONG.
THE WESTERDAM CRUISE LINER LEFT SINGAPORE ON JANUARY 16 FOR WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A 30-DAY CRUISE AROUND ASIA. BUT AFTER LEAVING HONG KONG ON FEBRUARY 1, THE SHIP HAS BEEN TURNED AWAY FROM THE PHILIPPINES DUE TO FEARS THAT THERE MAY BE CORONAVIRUS CASES ON BOARD. THERE IS NO SUGGESTION THAT ANY PASSENGERS, CURRENT OR FORMER, HAVE BEEN INFECTED.
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SAID WEDNESDAY THAT 90% OF THE SHIP’S CURRENT PASSENGERS WERE FROM HONG KONG.
SEPARATELY, HEALTH CHECKS BEGAN ON 1,800 PASSENGERS AND CREW ON A SECOND CRUISE SHIP DOCKED IN HONG KONG, AFTER 30 STAFF MEMBERS REPORTED SYMPTOMS INCLUDING FEVER, ACCORDING TO REUTERS.
THE COMPANY ALSO SAID IT HAD CANCELED ALL CRUISES TO CHINA AND HONG KONG UNTIL MID-FEBRUARY.
JANUARY 29, 2020 UPDATE: OTHER CRUISE LINES, LIKE NCL AND REGENT SEVEN SEAS CRUISES, ARE REPORTEDLY REFUSING TO CANCEL CRUISES TO HONG KONG AND REFUND CRUISE FARES. THE NORWEGIAN JADE REMAINS SCHEDULED TO SAIL ON JANUARY 30 AND FEBRUARY 17, 2020 FROM HONG KONG AND IS REFUSING TO ISSUE REFUNDS TO ITS CUSTOMERS. REGENT SEVEN SEAS CRUISES IS REFUSING TO CANCEL OR REFUND THE BALI TO HONG KONG VOYAGE ON THE SEVEN SEAS VOYAGER LEAVING ON FEBRUARY 12, 2020 AND CALLING ON HONG KONG ON FEBRUARY 29 AND MARCH 1, 2020.
THE EMBASSIES OF CANADA, AUSTRALIA, AND HONG KONG ARE SENDING CHARTERED FLIGHTS TO EVACUATE THEIR CITIZENS FROM THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP, WHICH HAD HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS WITH CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES, THE SHIP SAID IN A STATEMENT. PLANES WILL ARRIVE FOR THE CITIZENS OF AUSTRALIA AND HONG KONG IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS; CANADIAN CITIZENS WILL DEPART FRIDAY MORNING.
WHILE MAINLAND CHINA-BASED SHIPS HAVE STOPPED SAILING THIS WEEK, CRUISES FROM HONG KONG STILL ARE DEPARTING. THE DEPARTURES CONTINUE EVEN AS SOME ATTRACTIONS AND VENUES IN THE CITY, SUCH AS HONG KONG DISNEYLAND, HAVE CLOSED.
THE CITY"S HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE SCRAMBLING TO TRACK DOWN THOUSANDS OF HONGKONGERS WHO TOOK CRUISES LAST MONTH ABOARD THE VESSEL WORLD DREAM, CURRENTLY IN QUARANTINE AT A DOCK IN ITS HOME PORT OF HONG KONG, AS THEY MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE CORONAVIRUS WHILE ON BOARD.
ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY CRUISE SHIPS WHICH ARE STILL SCHEDULED TO CRUISE TO HONG KONG OR A PORT IN MAINLAND CHINA?
MULTIPLE ESPORTS EVENTS IN CHINA FOR GAMES LIKE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS AND COUNTER-STRIKE: GLOBAL OFFENSIVE HAVE EITHER BEEN POSTPONED OR CANCELED. EVEN THE POKéMON VIDEO GAME CHAMPIONSHIP THAT WAS SET TO TAKE PLACE FEB. 2 IN HONG KONG WAS CANCELED.

 

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