U.S. cruise ship could spread infection Health authorities investigate March 19, 19:44
A new coronavirus infection may have spread on a cruise ship sailing off the coast of western California, USA. The ship's operator is the same as the confirmed outbreak, the Diamond Princess, and US health authorities are investigating.
This cruise ship is a “Grand Princess” operated by the US company “Princess Cruise”.
According to the operator, the CDC in the U.S. reported that last month's voyage passengers could be included in a population of infected people called "clusters" in California. .
Governor Newsum of California said Tuesday that 10 passengers and 11 crew members of the "Grand Princess" could be infected.
The operator has been delaying the originally scheduled entry into San Francisco to check passenger health.
Princess Cruise is the operator of the Diamond Princess, a cruise ship with a confirmed outbreak of the new coronavirus.
CDC is conducting investigations such as taking samples collected from people who show symptoms similar to influenza by helicopter to a facility in California for testing.
Cruise ship "Grand Princess"
According to the cruise ship operator, the Grand Princess is a large cruise ship, approximately 290 meters long, capable of carrying 2,600 passengers.
The ship has about 1300 rooms of different sizes, including families, several restaurants and bars, an outdoor pool and a gym.
The operator said on Twitter Wednesday that a small outbreak of the new coronavirus in northern California included several passengers who had boarded the Grand Princess last month. Has been contacted by the US CDC = Center for Disease Control.
According to "Marine Traffic", a website that provides information on the location of ships, the Grand Princess has left the port of Hawaii and is sailing to San Francisco. It is about 500 kilometers southwest of San Francisco, just off the coast at the time.