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Did Cruise Companies Act too Late?
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All it took was one passenger who disembarked a week before others began to fall ill, to quarantine all passengers and crew on the Diamond Princess by February 4th. Given the dire nature of these outbreaks, many have asked – did the cruise companies act too late? This Washington Post article outlines the experiences of the Celebrity Eclipse and Coral Princess, where before passengers could disembark, the two ships reported 150 Covid-19 cases and six deaths in April. At the time the article was written, the cruise industry reported outbreaks on 55 ships in waters across the globe and 65 deaths among passengers and crew. The article alleges that the industry failed to recognize the signs and symptoms of Covid-19, which later were confirmed as positive cases. Further concerning allegations from the article claim that cruise ships brought Covid-19 to ports and cities around the globe that were otherwise virus-free, where many places lacked the infrastructure to handle large-scale outbreaks.
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HST580, ASU, cruise, industry, ship, health, sanitation, outbreaks, deaths, late, sanitizer, aerosol, airborne, risk, safety, vessel, passengers, ventilation, Celebrity Eclipse, Coral Princess, crew, symptoms, failed, ports, infrastructure
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/cruise-ships-coronavirus/
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Rosalind S. Helderman, Hannah Sampson, Dalton Bennett and Andrew Ba Tran
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2020-04-25