Coronavirus outbreaks on cruise ships 2020-2021-2022, COVID illness updates, statistical data (passenger/crew deaths, financial stats), impact on cruise companies and the travel industry
If it looks similar to another ship regularly based in the UK, that's because the ship was built to almost mirror the Astor of 1981, which most recently sailed as Saga Pearl II for Saga Cruises. That vessel also began life as an order for South Africa-based Safmarine. Sadly, Astor ...
Days later, passengers and crew came down with illness and four passengers died. Two people aboard the ship tested positive for COVID-19 and the cruise line brought in the Zaandam’s sister ship Rotterdam to rendezvous near Panama City, Panama, to evacuate healthy passengers...
When Celebrity Edge made the first cruise ship call on St. Thomas in well over a year this past July, it marked a turning point for tourism to the island and the Caribbean as a whole following the COVID-19 pandemic. Those visiting St. Thomas via cruise ship or by air are in luck as...
In South America, a ship of Silversea Cruises was stopped in Recife, Brazil, and passengers were not allowed to disembark after a 78-year-old Canadian passenger tested positive for COVID-19. Health authorities there say they are considering bringing two airplanes to take passengers of the Silver...
Four passengers on the MS Zaandam died, two of whom died of COVID-19, he said. The MS Zaandam left Argentina on March 7 and could not dock again at a South American port due to the pandemic. On March 27, it dropped anchor in Panamanian waters on the Pacific side to wait for help...
Note: The following CruiseMapper link provides information on Coronavirus/COVID outbreaks on cruise ships. Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships in 2025 (Cruise Line) Ship/CDC report linkItinerary DatesSick Passengers-Crew/All (%) (Holland America) Eurodam cdc.gov/vessel-sanitation/cruise-ship-outbreak...
Police stand guard near the Grand Princess cruise ship docking at the Port of Oakland, the United States, on March 9, 2020.(Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua) U.S. Coast Guard requires cruise ships carrying passengers infected with COVID-19 stay off U.S. shores "indefinitely", and report the ...
From Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Southampton, England Sky Princess. January 111 Day Around The World Cruise January 19 - May 11, 2022 From Los Angeles, California Island Princess CANCELLED BY PRINCESS Due To Covid-19 Virus Worldwide Pandemic. ...
In a memo sent March 29, the agency's top regional official said the new requirements are necessary as medical facilities in South Florida may become too overloaded to deal with sick cruise ship passengers. Meantime, two Holland America cruise ships are sailing toward Florida after being stranded...