Princess Cruises To Pause Trips For The Next Two Months Due To Pandemic

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Princess Cruises announced today that it is voluntarily pausing its cruise operations for the next two months amid the coronavirus pandemic. Viking Cruises made a similar announcement yesterday.

,"the quarantine has been heavily criticized for failing to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 among passengers and crew."

Earlier this week, the Grand Princess cruise ship docked in Oakland, Calif., after spending several days off the California coast. More than 20 passengers tested positive for the virus. The first person to die in California was traced to the Grand Princess. Viking Cruises has also had to quarantine passengers who may have been exposed, but it did not say that any of them have tested positive.

Princess Cruises says it serves more than 50,000 people every day from 70 countries on its 18 cruise ships."Perhaps the diverse mix of people on board our ships is reflecting what is going on in communities around the world," said the company's president Jan Swartz. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has discouraged people with underlying conditions from going on cruises.

 

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It’s always about the money for us Americans. Look at Italy 🇮🇹 1000 dead as of today.

It’s about time you shut down that control experiment. 😂😂😂😂

About fucking time. Oh, yoohoo, CruiseNorwegian, still going ahead with your plan to push your agenda

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