80% of Diamond Princess coronavirus patients had mild or no symptoms
The SDF report is believed to be one of the largest analyses of symptoms caused by the new virus to be compiled in Japan, according to the Defense Ministry.
Passengers on stranded cruise ship off South America hold hopes of reaching land
More than 1,800 people stuck onboard a cruise ship off the Pacific coast of South America, with 42 complaining of flu-like symptoms, are desperately hoping to be allowed to dock — somewhere. "Testing times," Australian couple Dimiti and Neal Bates wrote on Facebook. "Please don't ...
Over 400 cruise ship visits canceled at Japan ports due to COVID-19
At least 443 port calls by cruise ships at major ports from February to December have been canceled, with many ship operators halting services amid fears over COVID-19, a Kyodo News tally showed Monday. The cancellations at Japan's 10 largest ports for cruise ships could ...
All U.S. passengers off virus-struck Grand Princess cruise ship
The operation to evacuate a coronavirus-struck cruise ship was all-but complete Friday, with only a handful of foreign passengers remaining on board the Grand Princess. The ship carrying around 2,400 passengers was brought into California's Oakland on Monday after an outbreak on board saw 21 ...
Coronavirus won't sink the cruise industry
Travelers tend to have short memories, and the ships' key demographic won't give up their sail-away cocktails.
Crew members on coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess had close contact with infected passengers
“Crew members did not limit their movements, and interacted with passengers who had tested positive for the virus,” a crew member says.
Cruise ship turned away twice over COVID-19 fears to dock in Singapore
Singapore will allow cruise ship Costa Fortuna to dock in the city-state on Tuesday, authorities said, after it was turned away from ports in Malaysia and Thailand over coronavirus fears. Costa Fortuna departed from Singapore, where it is home-ported, on March 3. Italian cruise line Costa ...
Cruise ship hit by coronavirus outbreak bound for Oakland, California
The cruise ship Grand Princess, held at sea and barred from returning to San Francisco last week due to a coronavirus outbreak aboard the vessel, has been directed to the nearby port of Oakland, the cruise line said on Saturday, presumably to be placed ...
An American couple whose cruise ship quarantine and Tokyo dining became a Twitter phenomenon are finally on their way home. Matt Smith and Kathy Codekas, both 57, were passengers aboard the Diamond Princess that was quarantined for two weeks in Yokohama bay as coronavirus cases ...
Seventh Diamond Princess passenger dies as three prefectures register first coronavirus cases
A Hong Kong man who had been on the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship has died, the Japanese health ministry said Saturday, bringing the total number of deaths from the ship to seven. The man died on Friday, the ministry said, making him the second ...
Cancer patient on infected Grand Princess cruise ship faces potential chemotherapy delay
Among the 2,400 passengers stranded off California's coast on a cruise ship carrying at least 21 people infected with the new coronavirus, few aboard likely have more to lose than Kari Kolstoe, a retiree from North Dakota with stage-4 cancer. Kolstoe, 60, said she and ...
Trump administration may discourage travelers from taking ocean cruises
The United States is considering ways to discourage U.S. travelers from taking cruises as part of a broader Trump administration effort to limit the spread of coronavirus, according to four officials familiar with the situation. The officials, who asked to remain anonymous, said no decision ...
