The fate of the Grand Princess’s current voyage was altered dramatically days ago when one of the ship’s previous passengers died of coronavirus. As some of the ship’s current passengers were aboard the ship with the victim, authorities have deemed that they must be tested for coronavirus. Now authorities have announced that six other passengers…

Coronavirus fears are causing yet another Princess cruise voyage disruption, as authorities screen passengers aboard a large ship following a significant coronavirus scare.  Authorities are detaining the 3,500 passenger Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of Northern California, after a passenger who had recently sailed on the ship recently died from coronavirus. Officials say…

Princess Cruises has undoubtedly been the cruise line most affected by the coronavirus outbreak. In February, the Diamond Princess cruise ship was the site of hundreds of cases of coronavirus and led to several passengers losing their lives. Now, a passenger from the Grand Princess cruise ship has died from the virus, prompting Princess to…

Amid heightened fears of the worldwide coronavirus contagion, dozens of passengers aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship have tested positive for the flu. FoxBaltimore.com reports that 82 passengers and crew members tested positive for influenza A or B , prompting authorities to place the affected individuals in isolation. The CDC said that it did not test the affected…

A cruise ship has returned to port in South Florida after it was denied entry by two Caribbean countries due to coronavirus fears. The MSC Meraviglia returned to Port of Miami today after both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands denied the ship entry. The countries were on high alert after they received reports that a…

Over the past several days passengers and crew aboard the Caribbean Princess cruise ship have been falling ill, prompting the ship to return to port early. Local10.com reports that the ship returned to port on Saturday morning after 228 passengers and 17 crew members fell ill with a stomach bug during the ship’s 14-day voyage. The…

The epic quarantine of the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Japan will doubtlessly be studied by scientists for years to come. What started off as a single coronavirus infection ballooned to over 700 people in just under six weeks. The ship was quarantined from February 3 to February 19, resulting in the…

A Caribbean country has rejected yet another cruise ship on Thursday, in an attempt to prevent coronavirus from becoming established in its country. Yesterday we blogged that Jamaica and the Cayman Islands denied entry to the MSC Meraviglia due to concerns that the ship was carrying someone sick with coronavirus. Now, TheHill.com reports that the Dominican…

FoxNews.com reports that two ports in the Caribbean denied entry to the MSC Meraviglia cruise ship on concerns that the ship may be carrying passengers sick with coronavirus. Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Georgetown, Cayman Islands denied the ship permission to dock after hearing reports that a Filipino cruise ship member was ill.  In a statement,…

Though the majority of cruise-ship-related coronavirus has occurred in Asia, Caribbean nations have been vigilant in their screening of cruise passengers for the virus. MiamiHerald.com reports that Jamaica and the Cayman Islands have refused to allow the MSC Meraviglia to dock on fears that it may e carrying passengers ill with coronavirus.  The warnings from…

In the wake of the disastrous Diamond Princess cruise ship coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. government is warning citizens against traveling to Asia to cruise. Cnn.com reports that the State Department is advising Americans to reconsider travel to the Asian mainland or waters. “This is a dynamic situation and US citizens traveling by ship may be impacted by…

For the past several weeks we have been blogging about the coronavirus contagion aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship. What started off as a reported 10 passengers aboard the ship ill with coronavirus early in February has ballooned to at least 621 passengers ill with coronavirus at most recent report. And there have been fatalities.…

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…