Coronavirus fears cost family $32,000 as cruise ship company won't give refund, says insurance doesn't cover epidemics

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Pua Morrison said she and seven family members paid $4,000 each for a cruise with Norwegian Cruise Line that departs in the next couple of days and stops in Hong Kong.

The graphic below, provided byA graphic provided by Statista shows the global spread of the novel coronavirus by country as of January 30, according to Johns Hopkins University.The news comes after the U.S Department of State issued the highest level of warning advising Americans not to travel to China due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Level 4"Do Not Travel" advisory alerted Americans in China to"consider departing using commercial means.

"Travelers should be prepared for travel restrictions to be put into effect with little or no advance notice," the advisory added. The U.S. has declared a public health emergency and announced on Friday that foreign nationals, except the immediate family of American citizens and permanent residents, who have visited China in the past 14 daysAlso beginning Sunday, the U.S. will direct flights from China to seven major airports where passengers can be screened. Meanwhile, both Delta Air Lines and American Airlines have suspended all flights between the U.S. and China.

Stock photo: The Norwegian Cruise Line"Pride of America" passenger cruise ship is docked in the harbor on December 12, 2016, in Hilo, Hawaii. A family from Maui say they will lose $32,000 after cancelling a cruise to China due to the coronavirus outbreak.

 

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This picture is also of the pride of America which never leaves Hawaii. Do better.

You guys call yourself a news organization? How about you do 10 seconds of research. If they actually had travel insurance from NCL they would get a 75% future cruise credit for canceling for any reason.

That’s funny because when my daughter and I tried to cancel our cruise on February 17 out of Hong Kong they told us the only option was to go through our insurance carrier

No recovery

You should be more worried about the flu! Media is trying to panic people.

I can't have my money back?... OK

Hard to feel sorry for people who have 32k to spend on a vacation.

Would of boarded the ship

Welcome to Trump world where giant cruise corps, oil companies, & foreign-money-compromised-UK-&-Russia-owned-GOP Senators & any one with a few dollars can bribe the POTUS (TRUMP) to absolve them of ANYTHING they do wrong. I'm sure retired West Virginia cruisers LOVE THIS!

Sue the Coronavirus

Seriously? Who spends 32K on a cruise? If you do, get trip insurance. Lord, that’s nuts! Yes, I’ve cruised several times. I know that there’s several reasons a cruise company will NOT be liable. This is one of them. Read the contract. Jesus.

I don't understand the appeal of spending a week in a floating apartment building.

Is their a no refund policy ?

We lose more people to the flu. about 62.000 die a year fro flu virus

I see lawsuits in this companies future.

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