CDC: Diamond Princess And Grand Princess Had More Than 800 Total COVID-19 Cases And 10 Deaths

Coronavirus Test-kits Delivered to the Grand Princess Cruise Ship

An estimated 30 million passengers are transported on 272 cruise ships worldwide each year. Cruise ships bring diverse populations into proximity for many days, facilitating transmission of respiratory illness. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has since spread worldwide to at least 187 countries and territories.

Widespread COVID-19 transmission on cruise ships has been reported as well. Passengers on...

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COVID19 Outbreak: Pleasure Cruise Becomes A Voyage To Nowhere

  • The Grand Princess was thrust into the national spotlight after California reported its first death from coronavirus – an elderly man in northern California’s Placer county.
  • Following a quarantine period aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship, passengers infected with the coronavirus faced a harrowing bus journey to an Air Force base.
  • Passengers on-board called out the entire experience to be an “exhausting ordeal

A 15-night vacation to Hawaii, the trip of a lifetime, came to an end with a...

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