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- The Coral Princess cruise liner, which has verified cases of COVID-19 aboard and two dead guests, docked in Miami.
- The Princess Cruises ship was among a number of cruise liner stuck at sea seeking a port, and was turned away numerous times prior to reaching Miami.
- The coronavirus has infected more than one million individuals around the globe, and the United States has the biggest reported outbreak.
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The Coral Princess cruise liner, which has at least 12 people infected with COVID-19 onboard and two dead from the illness, docked in Miami on Saturday.
COVID-19, the coronavirus disease, closed down most of the cruise industry in March, however some ships were already at sea when the order came. Since March 31, Company Expert’s Mark Matousek reported that 10 ships were still cruising Cases of the infection spread quickly on other cruise ships from the Princess line. The Diamond Princess, which docked in Japan in February, had 700 cases of COVID-19 and 6 deaths as travelers were continued board. Likewise, the Grand Princess had an outbreak aboard its ship, and deboarded travelers were quarantined at a California military base.
Here’s how the Coral Princess ended up in Miami.
The Coral Princess left from Chile on March 5.
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Source: CNN
On March 12, Princess Cruises revealed a voluntary suspension of all cruises.
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It docked in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 19 for what was expected to be completion of the journey.
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However already, coronavirus infections had actually spread around the world, and just travelers with Argentine passports were allowed to disembark.
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Still, no one aboard had yet tested positive for COVID-19
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The Coral Princess then picked up supplies in Uruguay on March 21.
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It was rejected permission to disembark in both Uruguay and Brazil.
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Source: Princess
After getting more products in Barbados, on March 31 Princess Cruises revealed a high number of individuals with “influenza-like signs,” and visitors were asked to self isolate in their spaces.
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Source: Princess
On April 2, 7 visitors and 5 crew members were verified to have COVID-19, for a total of 12 known infections on board.
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There were 1,020 travelers and 878 crew member on the chip.
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The ship then got consent to dock in Fort Lauderdale, however coast guard authorities then blocked the ship due to “an unacceptable risk of medical emergency situation due to the inherent and high probability of transmission of COVID-19 aboard.”
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Source: The Guardian
By Friday night, 2 people had died onboard.
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Source: Orlando Sentinel
On April 4, the ship was finally permitted to dock at the Port of Miami, Florida.
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Visitors will start to disembark April 5, a process that Carnival says will take several days.
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Source: Princess
Any passengers or crew who are sick with breathing signs are needed to remain aboard up until cleared by medical professionals.
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