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...
Church meals.
BTW, I am thinking about a repositioning cruise in a few years. Probably something in the Pacific.
“Floating people around out in the ocean appears to be an ironclad quarantine.”
That’s what I’m hoping, considering we sail on Saturday. If everyone is virus free, then everyone will remain virus free. Otherwise .. “Ya pays yer money an’ ya takes yer chances.”
We take about one per year, and have since 2005. Never got sick. Have a ball. I’m more worried about the Allegiant flight to Florida.
I’d sure hate to be on a slow boat from China about now.
Cruise ships cannot enter docks now.
The stock Market in China is shutting down until Feb 3rd partially for the Chinese New Year and also for Coronavirus.
Some countries are now banning flights from China. We still allow most flights from China.
I hope the sticking Globalists are not misleading President Trump telling him there is nothing to worry about while they try to get this pandemic going to wreck the economy, and then blame President Trump for it. Remember these people are desperate and will do anything.
May end up tipping over as the passengers all run to one side to throw up.....
https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/03/30/18/23-Costa-Concordia-AFPGet-v2.jpg?w968h681
Excellent!
Check out VacationsToGo.com. Great search matrix & prices.
Thanks!
Yet another one of the hits Carnival is taking to the bottom line, but all the way in Italy. They’re also getting hit in the Far East, where they started catering to the Chinese market for cruise ship vacations.
nice story......
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