Aboard The Diamond Princess Cruise Ship

A Japanese epidemiologist described conditions aboard the Diamond Princess as completely chaotic2 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC questioned the efficacy of the onboard lockdown and infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci who is advising the White House on the covid-19 pandemic said the vessels quarantine process had failed3.

Aboard the diamond princess cruise ship. Because of the extraordinary circumstances onboard Diamond Princess Princess Cruises will refund the full cruise fare for all guests including air travel hotel ground transportation pre-paid shore excursions gratuities and other items. A crew member aboard the virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Japan said she fears the crew are at greater risk of being exposed to the outbreak because they are not being quarantined. The first by Kakimoto is a preliminary report of the investigation carried out onboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess when docked at Yokohama Japan.

Researchers know the virus was in Tokyo. Reported actual and modeled predicted cumulative COVID-19 cases aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship from January 20 to February 24 2020. Skip to main content Princess Cruises - come back new.

In addition guests will not be charged for any onboard incidental charges during the additional time onboard. View the Diamond Princess photo gallery and explore pictures of the ships dining rooms lounges pools and other onboard amenities. Moreover close-range and long-range transmission likely contributed similarly to disease progression aboard the ship with fomite transmission playing a smaller role.

It is not clear when the novel coronavirus came aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship to infect more than 700 passengers and crew and kill at least eight. Of 3711 persons onboard 437 were US citizens. On 20 January 2020 the DP departed Yokohama Japan on a round-trip voyage making stops in Vietnam Taiwan and Japan.

Diamond Princess is a British-registered cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises. Interpretation Our results demonstrate that aerosol inhalation was likely the dominant contributor to COVID-19 transmission among passengers aboard the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship. Messages given to crew onboard varied.

In a year of endless viral outbreaks the details of the Diamond Princess tragedy seem like ancient history. Of 437 Americans and their travel companions on the ship 114 26 tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 SARS-CoV-2. This study looked at transmission during the outbreak of COVID-19 on the Diamond Princess cruise ship January to February 2020.