Posted on 01/30/2020 5:30:55 AM PST by 11th_VA
Thousands Trapped In Italian Cruise Ship Over Feared Coronavirus Cases The outbreak of coronavirus has caused global alarm.
Civitavecchia, Italy: Over 6,000 tourists were blocked on a cruise ship in Italy on Thursday after the vast liner was placed on lockdown over two suspected cases of the deadly coronavirus. Samples from a Chinese couple were sent for testing after three doctors and a nurse boarded the Costa Crociere ship in the port of Civitavecchia to tend to a woman running a fever, the local health authorities said.
Costa Crociere confirmed the ship, carrying some 7,000 people including the crew, was in lockdown.
It said it a 54-year old woman from Macau "was placed in solitary confinement in the on-board hospital last night with her travel companion", and was following instructions from the health ministry.
The Costa Smeralda, the company's flagship and the fifth-largest cruise ship in the world, "came from Palma de Mallorca and is currently engaged in one-week cruises in the western Mediterranean," it said.
The couple flew in to Milan from Hong Kong on January 25, before getting on the cruise, according to Italian media reports...
Seeing your poster, I just HAD to view the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4xB2miroJU
Looks like one of those wonderfully terrible 70’s movies.
Will have to dig out a copy from the bargain bin at WalMart and watch it!
That's just too many people on one ship.
Maybe they think they can stop the Trump rallies using general quarantine. He might just stream it ... but he really needs an audience to get his energy magnified. So it will all work out somehow.
Mangia. “Manga” is a Japanese comic book.
Send in the Italian Navy.
I’ve been on exactly ONE cruise, paid for by a former employer of my husband. The guy that owned the business was losing his 3rd battle with cancer, and before he passed he bought everyone who had been working there a year or more AND their spouse an all expenses paid, 7 day cruise to Mexico. He paid for the airfare, cruise, gratuities, etc. Even had a bus waiting at the airport to take us all to the dock. A bottle of wine in each state room, gifts, etc. All we needed was spending money for our in port fun. Their was 48 of us and we all had a blast. Before that, I never had any interest. I always thought of cruise ships as giant floating petri dishes. While we were on it, I made sure hubby and I took extra vitamins, and used the hand purifier stations every chance we got. When we got back, half the crew we were with got sick for a week. Hubby and I were fine. Don’t know if I’d do it again, but it was fun. Especially for me. I got to get up in front of a bunch of people and play some songs on the guitar, courtesy of one of the in-cruise entertainment gals. She asked if anyone had any requests, so I asked for ‘Blue Eyes’ by Willie Nelson. She said she couldn’t play that one, so I said back ‘I can’, she looked at me and asked if I could sing it, too. I said yes, so she had me come up and play it, and let me play a few more. A few days later she spotted me in the lounge and asked me to come back when she was on and play some more. So, hubby and I got up and played about 5 tunes. Just wish there was a bass to be had for hubby, we could have played for an hour or more.
Take a river cruise. We only had 120 people on our cruise from Paris to Normandy and they were all adults.
LOL
I was just thinking about a cruise. I just love it! Did you take the Viking river cruise?
We almost always book last minute. This allows us to pass and never buy insurance. In this market last minute allows us to HOLD OUR breath and sit at home.
We were about to sail Sunday for 14 days but not if one passenger can fail the whole sailing.
Yep, it was bound to happen. Just a matter of time. Cruise ships are the worst. They can’t even keep food poisoning at a minimum. Great, go through the buffet and touch the same serving spoons and dishes the sick passengers did. Like that sneeze guard over the seafood salad really helps. Then there’s the restrooms and every handrail and doorknob.
Anchor that ship a mile off shore and leave them there for the next month.
“I don’t get the point of a ‘cruise ship’”
I have been on three cruises. Great time. Will do again one day
Avalon. It was a perfect trip. Met the loveliest people.
It sounds like you had fun!
The doctors and the nurse are in close contact with the patients get to come and go off the ship. Somehow medical personnel always get passes to spread diseases.
I have a brother that takes 4+ cruises a year and has for many years.
You mean a floating Greyhound bus with an all-night Dennys?
You can live on a cruise chip for less than a retirement home. The food is a whole lot better. If you get tired of the ship, there is a new port to explore every day or so.
We are doing a 27 day “Repositioning” cruise from Rome to Ft. Lauderdale this fall on Holland America. Rome, Dubrovnik, Ephesus, Santorini, Athens, Corfu, Olympia, Messina, Naples, Palma de Majorca, Cartagena, Malaga, Cadiz & the Azores before a 6 day trans-Atlantic crossing to Ft Lauderdale.
Less than $87 per day per person. Airfare for two to Rome and a night in a VERY nice hotel was $800 - $400 each!
BTW, other “Petri Dishes” - Sporting events, concerts, restaurants, theaters, family gatherings...
We did the last April transAtlantic from Tampa to Holland. Base price $29/night pp
Got a Gatwik flight back to Tampa at $225 pp
Oh that was great!
Certainly shown at drive ins all over the country!
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