Note: The section symbol ('§') left of the ship name in the table below links to the appropriate section on this page, if it exists.Ĭruise ship incidents with confirmed positive cases on board
Many are unable to be repatriated because cruise lines refuse to cover the cost of doing so, and because countries have different and changing rules. In addition, over 40,000 crew members remained on cruise ships, some in isolation, as of mid-June 2020. The last cruise ship with passengers aboard during the first wave of the pandemic, Artania, docked at its home port with its last eight passengers on 8 June 2020. Similarly, many cruise lines suspended their operations to mitigate the spread of the pandemic.Īs of June 2020, over 40 cruise ships have had confirmed positive cases of coronavirus on board. Governments and ports responded by preventing many cruise ships from docking and advising people to avoid travelling on cruise ships. Of 3711 passengers and crew, around 700 people became infected and 9 people died. The British-registered Diamond Princess was the first cruise ship to have a major outbreak on board, with the ship quarantined at Yokohama from 4 February 2020 for approximately one month. The COVID-19 pandemic spread to a number of cruise ships, with the nature of such ships – including crowded semi-enclosed areas, increased exposure to new environments, and limited medical resources – contributing to the heightened risk and rapid spread of the disease.
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