Corona virus on Golden Princess

[Kiwi Kruzer]

15March 
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120289215/coronavirus-cruise-ship-passenger-in-akaroa-canterbury-being-tested

 

Passengers on Golden Princess cannot go ashore at Akaroa today .She is on a return trip from Melbourne with 3 suspected cases of the virus on board .She still Has the rest of NZ to cruise around after having visited Fiordland and Dunedin .

[Aus Traveller]

12 minutes ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

15March 
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120289215/coronavirus-cruise-ship-passenger-in-akaroa-canterbury-being-tested

 

Passengers on Golden Princess cannot go ashore at Akaroa today .She is on a return trip from Melbourne with 3 suspected cases of the virus on board .She still Has the rest of NZ to cruise around after having visited Fiordland and Dunedin .

Another headache for Princess. I sincerely hope these three passengers test negative so the whole ship doesn't have to go into quarantine/isolation.

[NSWP]

Might be non stop back to Melbourne then.  So the testing is being done on the ship then for the 3 suspected cases.

Edited March 14, 2020 by NSWP

[Kiwi_cruiser]

AT the moment is only a suspected case, in tll the test results come back, we will not know for sure.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

They at least have a fine day to sit in the harbour and enjoy the sunshine.

 

 

15 March. ... the ides of March , also the Anniversary of the Christchurch Mosque attack

[lissie]

Am I right in thinking that  Princess is the ONLY cruise line that appears to have had cases on board - getting to be a bit of a habit

 

[NSWP]

1 hour ago, lissie said:

Am I right in thinking that  Princess is the ONLY cruise line that appears to have had cases on board - getting to be a bit of a habit

 

One would think of it like a cyber attack on certain companies. Princess is surely copping it bad.

[Pushka]

1 hour ago, lissie said:

Am I right in thinking that  Princess is the ONLY cruise line that appears to have had cases on board - getting to be a bit of a habit

 

No, there have been a few others as well. But there is obviously something that Princess is doing that is making them very susceptible. 
 

I've been on both Diamond and Golden. 

Edited March 15, 2020 by Pushka

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Princess also target a wider International market 

[Hawka]

6 hours ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

15March 
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120289215/coronavirus-cruise-ship-passenger-in-akaroa-canterbury-being-tested

 

Passengers on Golden Princess cannot go ashore at Akaroa today .She is on a return trip from Melbourne with 3 suspected cases of the virus on board .She still Has the rest of NZ to cruise around after having visited Fiordland and Dunedin .

how will the no cruise to dock in Australia affect that now??

[Porky55]

3 hours ago, lissie said:

Am I right in thinking that  Princess is the ONLY cruise line that appears to have had cases on board - getting to be a bit of a habit

 

No you are wrong, these are “some” of the ships over the past 4 weeks. Just seems Princess get the coverage.

I actually think there is more than one MSC ship, can’t think of the name though. The Fred Olsen ship is off  the Bahamas in quarantine at sea with confirmed cases now!!

Diamond Princess

Grand Princess

Carnival Panorama

A Nile River Cruise Ship (not named)

Costa Fortuna

MSC Opera

Braemar - Fred Olsen Line (yesterday)

 to name a few 

 

Edited March 15, 2020 by Porky55

[Aus Traveller]

3 minutes ago, Hawka said:

how will the no cruise to dock in Australia affect that now??

It looks like the Golden and Ruby and any other ships in NZ waters won't be able to come back to Australia. Maybe passengers will do 14 days quarantine on board, then disembark in NZ and fly home to do another 14 days self-isolation at home.

[Porky55]

3 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said:

Maybe passengers will do 14 days quarantine on board, then disembark in NZ and fly home to do another 14 days self-isolation at home.

No Aus Traveller, surely not!!
No reason these passengers cannot arrive back in Australia and go into  self isolation for 14days from the ship.
All this will take is everyone wearing a properly fitted mask, supplied by NSW Health, until they reach home. 

At some point trust becomes a huge part of this whole situation or we may as well all lock our doors and stay at home now. Just saying .......

 

[Aus Traveller]

7 minutes ago, Porky55 said:

No Aus Traveller, surely not!!
No reason these passengers cannot arrive back in Australia and go into  self isolation for 14days from the ship.
All this will take is everyone wearing a properly fitted mask, supplied by NSW Health, until they reach home. 

At some point trust becomes a huge part of this whole situation or we may as well all lock our doors and stay at home now. Just saying .......

 

Maybe the NZ'ers will regard the passengers on the Ruby and the Golden as already in New Zealand. They are. If the ships are not permitted to return to Aust, then probably the pax can be flown home for 14 days isolation at home.

[Porky55]

2 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said:

If the ships are not permitted to return to Aust, then probably the pax can be flown home for 14 days isolation at home.

Let’s hope 🤞

[MicCanberra]

They were tested and found to be negative so all is good.