Coronavirus Cruise

• ‘Cruise to nowhere’ returns to Singapore after coronavirus case detected onboard

  Singapore recently began a "safe cruising" program allowing cruise ships to make round trips to Singapore with no port of call in between, along with strict health precautions.

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  Dec 9, 2020
  
• 4 Norwegian cruise ship crew members hospitalized with COVID-19

  Four crew members on a Norwegian cruise vessel were diagnosed with COVID-19 after it arrived at the Arctic port of Tromsoe early on Friday, said the University Hospital of North Norway where they are being treated.

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  Aug 1, 2020
  
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• Coronavirus: Cruise ship docking in Miami after 2 passenger deaths

  The ship has 97 Canadian passengers and two Canadian crew members.

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  Apr 4, 2020
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• Lethbridge couple reflects on getting stuck on cruise amid COVID-19 pandemic

  When Kim and Joe Bingham of Lethbridge embarked on their travels around the world six months ago, they had no idea they would be stuck at sea due to a global health pandemic.

  Health

  Mar 27, 2020
• Hamilton public health investigating four new cases of COVID-19

  The city's medical officer said they are all recovering at home.

  News

  Mar 14, 2020
• Coronavirus: Cruise season should be delayed, says B.C.’s top doctor

  "It's just an environment where people cannot separate from each other sufficiently to prevent transmission of respiratory viruses," said Dr. Bonnie Henry.

  Health

  Mar 9, 2020
• Cruise industry blasts B.C. officials’ warnings to cancel sailings over COVID-19

  Top health officials in Canada and B.C. have told people to "think twice" about booking a cruise, which is not sitting well with the industry.

  Health

  Mar 8, 2020
• Quebec couple who got coronavirus on cruise ship to come home, daughter says

  The couple was among the more than 700 people who contracted COVID-19 aboard the ship.

  Health

  Mar 1, 2020
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• Cruise ship turned away by Dominican Republic over COVID-19 fears

  The cruise line had expressed frustration with the rejections, which came after it reported one crew member from the Philippines was sick with common seasonal flu.

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  Feb 27, 2020
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• COVID-19: Germans evacuated from Wuhan, China set to leave quarantine

  The quarantine lift also follows Italy's announcement to evacuate 35 of its citizens stranded on the Diamond Princess Cruise ship in Japan.

  Health

  Feb 16, 2020