Nowhere to hide as virus runs rampant on cruise ship
The industry needs to study ways to deal with the crisis as new cases extend the quarantine for passengers on the Diamond Princess
11 February 2020 - 16:10
Hong Kong — For 3,700 passengers quarantined on a cruise liner off Japan, it began as a carefree voyage. For the new coronavirus, it was an opportunity to run rampant.
As the number of confirmed cases aboard the Diamond Princess nearly doubled to 135, health authorities evacuated infected travellers. The rest hunkered in their cabins, waiting to find out whether they had come down with an illness that has killed more than 1,000 people in China and beyond. Carnival, the operator of the liner, stepped up efforts to disinfect it. ..
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