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2020-02-13 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Coronavirus: Are cruise ships really 'floating Petri dishes'?

[BBC] The largest coronavirus outbreak outside mainland China is not in a country, but on a cruise ship.

It's been more than a week since the Diamond Princess went into lockdown, after a previous passenger tested positive for the virus after disembarking.

With almost 500 out of 3,700 people on board tested, 174 people have now tested positive for coronavirus. Those still on board are in quarantine for another week.

But it's not just the Diamond Princess.

DOZENS MORE CATCH VIRUS ON QUARANTINED CRUISE SHIP
On another cruise ship in Hong Kong, 3,600 passengers people were quarantined because of fears that people on board might have the virus.

They were only allowed to disembark after tests came back negative.

And a cruise ship carrying more than 1,450 passengers, which left Hong Kong on 1 February, was turned away from ports in Japan, Taiwan, Guam and the Philippines, despite having no infections on board. It has now been told it can dock in Cambodia.

Cruise ships have for years been referred to as "floating Petri dishes" - places ripe for the exchange of germs, and the spreading of illness.

But is the accusation true?

Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-13 02:59|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Solution is very simple

http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0873501.jpg

Posted by JFM 2020-02-13 07:41|| 2020-02-13 07:41|| Front Page Top

#2 JFM!! It’s been a while since you commented — ça va?

Posted by trailing wife 2020-02-13 09:16|| 2020-02-13 09:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh yes! Glad to see you again. In fact I have been mostly active in Facebook these times.

Posted by JFM 2020-02-13 09:34|| 2020-02-13 09:34|| Front Page Top

#4 I understand — Facebook is designed to be absorbing.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-02-13 09:58|| 2020-02-13 09:58|| Front Page Top

#5 ANOTHER huge rise in coronavirus cases on Japan's quarantined cruise ship sees 44 new infections overnight, bringing the total to 219

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-13 10:11|| 2020-02-13 10:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Substitute 12 months for 12 years, perhaps AOC was on to something.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-13 10:16|| 2020-02-13 10:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Just imagine the stewpot-the hot tub.

Posted by ed in texas 2020-02-13 20:10|| 2020-02-13 20:10|| Front Page Top