Corona Virus on Costa Ship in Rome

[nelblu]

Costa Smeralda cruise ship with some 6,000 people stuck on board remained docked at the Italian port of Civitavecchia on Thursday as two Chinese passengers were tested for coronavirus.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/01/30/thousands-being-held-cruise-ship-italy-authorities-test-passenger-coronavirus/

[soremekun]

Merge:

Or I guess we can discuss it here too.

 

[steamboats]

And the first test was negative... they are now waiting for the result of a second one...

 

steamboats

 

[nelblu]

3 hours ago, steamboats said:

And the first test was negative... they are now waiting for the result of a second one...

 

steamboats

 

Hoping they're all negatives otherwise it could create problems for the cruise lines.  Look how Norovirus affects them.

[Iamcruzin]

22 minutes ago, nelblu said:

Hoping they're all negatives otherwise it could create problems for the cruise lines.  Look how Norovirus affects them.

Norovirus is a walk in the park compared to this.  It’s a common illness. Cruise Ships only get publicity because they are required to report it.

[emdia43]

Ship has been cleared.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51314138

[Biker19]

 

 

Friday morning saw the Costa Smeralda make contact with a cargo crane in the port of Savona, essentially destroying one of the ship's lifeboats.

 

Local reports said the ship was maneuvering when the incident occured and there were no injuries. Shoreside damage included buildings and cranes. 

 

Costa will resume operations on March 13 with the Costa Smeralda with three- and four-day mini-cruises, or a seven-day cruise, calling at Savona, La Spezia, Civitavecchia, Naples, Messina and Cagliari.

[soremekun]

2 hours ago, Biker19 said:

 

 

Friday morning saw the Costa Smeralda make contact with a cargo crane in the port of Savona, essentially destroying one of the ship's lifeboats.

 

Local reports said the ship was maneuvering when the incident occured and there were no injuries. Shoreside damage included buildings and cranes. 

 

Costa will resume operations on March 13 with the Costa Smeralda with three- and four-day mini-cruises, or a seven-day cruise, calling at Savona, La Spezia, Civitavecchia, Naples, Messina and Cagliari.

Wow!  I wonder who was at fault for that!

[Sea Dog]

2 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Friday morning saw the Costa Smeralda make contact with a cargo crane in the port of Savona, essentially destroying one of the ship's lifeboats

Ouch! That left a mark.

[DaniDanielle]

Where are the traffic cops?

[voyager70]

Dang Costa