How dose this affect the passengers of a ship sailing around the world?
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The US Department of State has advised against attending cruise ship trips amid the global spread of coronavirus, which has already disrupted several cruise ships across the world with resulting COVID-19 deaths.
Several cruise ships have started reporting coronavirus-positive passengers aboard its ships following the initial devastation of the Diamond Princess Cruise trip that left eight passengers dead, prompting a shake-up across the cruise industry. And the paranoia has now spread past the confinements of the ships: even cruises that have had no reported cases of COVID-19 have been barred from docking in certain countries and ports.
Princess Cruises has been hit more than many other cruise lines. Its Diamond, Grand, Regal, Golden, Pacific, Caribbean, and Royal Princess cruises have all been affected in some way, whether it be coronavirus-related deaths caused by contaminated ships and passengers, or the cancellation of trips just before its departure date out of general COVID-19 fear.
The novel coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, has now infected over 414,000 people globally and killed over 18,500. Several of those deaths are directly related to the spread of COVID-19 throughout cruise ships: over 700 people have been infected as a result of being on a cruise ship, according to data compiled by John Hopkins University.
Now, several cruise lines have changed its cancellation, rebooking, and refund policy to accommodate the pandemic.
Answer:32 cruise ships around the world have been affected by the coronavirus so far, leaving passengers infected, dead, or stranded — see the full list
Brittany Chang Mar 26, 2020, 2:21 AM
8 Passengers look out from balconies aboard the Grand Princess as it cruises a holding pattern about 25 miles off the coast of San Francisco on Sunday, March 8, 2020.
Grand Princess. Noah Berger/AP Photo
The cruise ship industry has now been disrupted by the spread of the novel coronavirus across several cruise ships, leaving multiple passengers infected or dead.
This includes the Diamond Princess that left one-fifth of its 3,711 passengers occupants infected, USA Today reported.
The US Department of State has advised against traveling by cruise ship, and Princess Cruises has already canceled many of its planned trips.
At least 21 cruise ships around the world have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic resulting in extended voyage due to rejected dockings and in some cases increased transmission of the disease.
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The US Department of State has advised against attending cruise ship trips amid the global spread of coronavirus, which has already disrupted several cruise ships across the world with resulting COVID-19 deaths.
Several cruise ships have started reporting coronavirus-positive passengers aboard its ships following the initial devastation of the Diamond Princess Cruise trip that left eight passengers dead, prompting a shake-up across the cruise industry. And the paranoia has now spread past the confinements of the ships: even cruises that have had no reported cases of COVID-19 have been barred from docking in certain countries and ports.
Princess Cruises has been hit more than many other cruise lines. Its Diamond, Grand, Regal, Golden, Pacific, Caribbean, and Royal Princess cruises have all been affected in some way, whether it be coronavirus-related deaths caused by contaminated ships and passengers, or the cancellation of trips just before its departure date out of general COVID-19 fear.
The novel coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, has now infected over 414,000 people globally and killed over 18,500. Several of those deaths are directly related to the spread of COVID-19 throughout cruise ships: over 700 people have been infected as a result of being on a cruise ship, according to data compiled by John Hopkins University.
Now, several cruise lines have changed its cancellation, rebooking, and refund policy to accommodate the pandemic.
Keep scrolling to see the cruises that have been disrupted since the start of what WHO claims to be a global public-health emergency:
The Diamond Princess is the first known cruise ship to have had positive COVID-19 patients onboard, which left the ship quarantined off the coast of Japan.
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