Cruise Ship

Two passengers from the fated Diamond Princess cruise voyage that was riddled with coronavirus have died. ABCNews.go.com reports that the victims were an elderly man and woman who were both residents of Japan. They had been brought ashore for treatment of the virus last week, and both died Thursday, reports Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor…

Infectious disease experts are speaking out about the Diamond Princess coronavirus quarantine, which authorities ordered as of February 3. Passengers were held aboard the ship until February 19 on fears that the ship was a hotbed for coronavirus. Those suspicions turned out to be a self-fulling prophecy, as the cooped-up passengers seemingly passed the virus to…

Cruise passengers aboard the fated Diamond Princess cruise ship finally began to disembark from the ship today, after practically 2 weeks quarantine amid a serious coronavirus outbreak aboard the vessel. Reuters.com reports that about 500 people disembarked from the ship Wednesday, the last day of the original quarantine period which began on February 3. During…

As the number of cruise ship passengers ill with coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess grew to 454 on Monday, health officials are speculating that something must have gone horribly wrong with the ship’s quarantine of ill passengers.  USAToday quotes Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National…

Chinese health officials are understandably concerned about the spread of coronavirus.  as authorities declared 116 more people dead from the virus on Friday. Outside of mainland China, the largest contagion of coronavirus is occurring aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which has reported over 200 cases. With this situation as the backdrop, a Holland America cruise ship…

After suffering what seemed to be a normal cut on his eyelid shortly before going on a cruise with Norwegian Cruise Line, Roman Mejias’ mother treated the cut with Neosporin. But instead of beginning to heal like a normal cut, over several days Roman’s cut developed sepsis and his eye eventually grew to the size…

Authorities in Thailand refused entry to a Holland America cruise ship on Tuesday, due to fears that the ship may be carrying passengers sick with coronavirus. According to TheHill.com, Holland America had previously told passengers of the MS Amsterdam that they would soon be able to disembark in Bangkok, Thailand and would be able to…

Authorities have announced that earlier this week they found a cruise ship crew member dead. His death occurred aboard a ship that had previously been screened for a coronavirus outbreak. Yahoo News reports that the man worked aboard the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas. He reportedly failed to report for his shift prompting a search.…

The news for cruise ship passengers, quarantined aboard a ship suffering from a serious coronavirus contagion, just keeps getting worse. Amid news that the number of passengers who authorities have confirmed to have contracted the virus has jumped from 10 to 61, passengers aboard the Diamond Princess were undoubtedly hoping for some good news. But…

Photos of the containment area surrounding the Diamond Princess cruise ship show people dressed head-to-toe in white protective garments. They enter the ship, taking the greatest precautions, to serve the approximately 3,700 people who authorities have quarantined aboard the ship. Yesterday we blogged that 20 people aboard the ship had tested positive for coronavirus, which was a…

A day after we blogged that authorities have quarantined a cruise ship after 10 people from the ship tested positive for coronavirus, major news outlets are reporting that authorities have detained yet another ship.   The first ship reported quarantined, the Diamond Princess, is just days into a two-week detention which will see passengers and…

Cruise ships have a long history of illness outbreaks. In fact, some experts have called them veritable floating Petri dishes. The largest known cruise ship outbreak infected nearly 700 people with gastrointestinal illness. So, it seems that it was only a matter of time before coronavirus would appear aboard a cruise ship and potentially spread…

The international scare surrounding coronavirus and its spread has significantly affected the cruise industry’s Asia operations. In particular, many cruise companies have cancelled and postponed voyages which were set to call on mainland China, while authorities detained other passengers and tested them for the virus. Though thousands of cruise passengers have been screened for coronavirus,…

Amid the global scare relating to the coronavirus, many cruise companies have postponed and canceled cruises while the Cruise Line Industry Association has publicly backed the companies’ decisions not to call on mainland China. As the health scare spreads some countries are even beginning to deny cruise ships entry. CruiseIndustryNews.com reports that the island nation St.…

As we have been blogging for the past week or so, many cruise companies have been canceling cruises out of China due to the coronavirus outbreak. Royal Caribbean, MSC, and Costa have all announced that they would either cancel or postpone voyages originating in China due to the virus. But other cruise companies have decided…

Late last week, someone released a video that purported to show the moments leading up to the death of Chloe Wiegand. The video appeared to show Chloe’s grandfather, Salvatore Anello, leaning his torso out of an 11th-floor window just before lifting her up to it. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line cited the video as part of its…

A South Carolina man who suffered a stroke while aboard a cruise ship has passed away.  Bruce Campbell suffered a stroke while he was playing bingo on a Carnival cruise to the Bahamas. Authorities took him to a medical facility in Freeport, Bahamas for treatment before an anonymous donor paid approximately $20,000 to transfer him…

Six Carnival Cruise Line passengers were injured when two of the company’s ships collided in Cozumel yesterday. In a letter to passengers, the company attempted to explain the incident. According to FoxNews.com, the letter apologized for the incident, in which the Carnival Glory struck the Carnival Legend cruise ship while maneuvering in the port of Cozumel,…

A Holland America cruise ship was delayed by a propeller issue which caused the ship’s departure to be pushed back a full 24 hours. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Oosterdam was set to leave San Diego on Saturday but instead, the company performed “required maintenance” on the ship’s propeller. The company said that…

Earlier this week we blogged about a man who died after falling several stories aboard the Carnival Horizon cruise ship. Information about the victim and the circumstances continue to trickle out. Brownsburg, Indiana resident Brian Rice fell approximately four stories – from the ninth story of the Horizon – as the ship was returning to…