China News Service, March 10 (Sweet) With the spread of new crown pneumonia around the world, following the "Diamond Princess", another cruise ship attracted global attention. On March 9th, local time, the "Super Princess" cruise ship carrying more than 3,500 people from 54 countries and regions docked at Oakland Port, California. Passengers intend to start disembarking, which may take 2 to 3 days.

As of now, 21 people on the cruise have been infected with the new crown pneumonia virus, of which 19 are crew members. Another 5 people who boarded the cruise were confirmed after disembarking, and 1 died.

Will the cruise ship reproduce the nightmares of the Diamond Princess? How will passengers and crew be accommodated? Is the US Government Ready?

On March 8, local time, the cruise ship "Princess Princess" stopped in the waters near San Francisco, USA. Photo by Liu Guanguan of China News Agency

Another Nightmare Cruise

What happened to the Supreme Princess?

The "Princess Princess" cruise line belongs to the same company as the "Princess Diamond", which had a severe outbreak, and both are operated by Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Cruise Lines. The Supreme Princess made its first voyage in 1998 and was refurbished in 2004. It can accommodate 2,600 passengers and 1,150 crew members.

Although the total number of "Extreme Princess" is less than that of "Diamond Princess", the fact that the death case has taken place makes the situation more serious, and the situation it faces is likely to be more dangerous than the latter!

On March 4, a "bad news" put the dream of passengers on board the cruise to an abrupt halt—California confirmed the state's first death, and the patient had travelled on the Supreme Princess on February 10 from San Francisco departs for Mexico and returns to San Francisco on February 21. He was suspected of being infected with the virus on board.

Not only that, on March 6, Contra Costa County officials confirmed three confirmed cases, two of whom had boarded the Supreme Princess. At present, five passengers who have previously boarded the Supreme Princess have been confirmed infected.

Although nearly 2,500 of the passengers who have participated in the trip to Mexico have disembarked, it is worrying that another 62 people continued to participate in the trip to Hawaii, and more than 2,000 passengers joined the journey.

After learning the news, the cruise canceled its call in Mexico and sailed straight back to San Francisco. It entered the sea on the 5th.

On the 6th, US Vice President Burns announced that virus tests on 46 cruise passengers and employees showed that 21 people tested positive.

On March 9, local time, the "Princess Princess" cruise ended a few days of sea rafting and docked at the area of ​​Pier 22 in Oakland Harbor, California. According to the California Office of Emergency Affairs, passengers intend to start disembarking on the 9th local time, which may last 2 to 3 days.

Passengers and staff aboard the Supreme Princess wait for the cruise to enter Auckland Port.

Cruises become "luxury prisons"

Passengers: the news of cruise outbreaks

What is even more "magic" is that the passengers on the ship knew nothing about the epidemic, and they only learned about the cruise through news.

Passenger Derby Loftus said she learned by watching news from Microsoft National Broadcasting Corporation (MSNBC) that 21 passengers and staff were infected. "No one told us this at first."

The radio on board said, "We apologize for this, but we did not receive advance notice from the US federal government."

For days, passengers were asked to stay in their rooms. According to passenger Neil Hanlon, "In the room, besides sitting and lying, there is no movement. I think we have walked about 71 steps all day."

One passenger described the atmosphere on the boat as a "luxury prison", with no one in the corridor and every room closed tightly.

What made passenger Solomon “annoyed” was that the cruise line claimed to “do all the health checks for the safety of customers”, but “there was no other health check except signing a small piece of paper” Some passengers said that before the passengers boarded the cruise, they did not take precautions such as taking body temperature.

Data map: "Extreme Princess" cruise.

How to settle passengers after disembarking

Can the US government respond appropriately?

At present, what worries passengers on board the cruise ship and the Californians most is how they will be resettled after disembarking.

Relevant reports indicate that the resettlement plan for passengers and crew is as follows:

• Confirmed patients on board will be treated at a medical facility in California;

• California residents without symptoms will be observed in isolation in California;

Non-California residents will be taken to other states for isolation and observation, including a military base in Georgia;

• 1100 crew members will undergo isolation treatment on board.

The U.S. Department of Health also said it was in close contact with the home country of hundreds of foreign tourists on board to arrange charter flights to return home. At present, the Canadian side has decided to send charter flights back to the country, but people with related symptoms will not be allowed to board the plane.

In addition, the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco said on the 7th that there are 11 Chinese staff members and 9 mainland Chinese passengers on board the cruise. At present, their health is stable. The Consulate General is paying close attention to cruise docking arrangements and epidemic prevention and control measures, and will provide consular protection and assistance to Chinese citizens on board in accordance with epidemic development and relevant local regulations.

Auckland Mayor Libby Schaff noted that the city "has some very strong guarantees that they will use the best known measures of isolation" to evacuate and transfer passengers, and that no one on the cruise will be quarantined or entered Into the community.

However, in an interview with U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, the Trump administration did not yet have a "fully developed" plan to house more than 3,500 people on cruise ships.

"Washington Post" analysis said that although the United States has strengthened the response to the epidemic, the United States' response to the United States continues to be uncertain due to the confusion of US government directives and the fact that some patients cannot be tested.

According to statistics from CNN, as of the evening of the 9th Eastern Time, at least 687 cases have been diagnosed in the United States, including 22 deaths.

Data Map: On February 19th local time, stranded passengers of the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship officially started disembarking.

Infection cases continue to increase

Cruises become "hotbeds" of viruses?

In addition to the "Extreme Princess", many cruise ships around the world have been involved in the epidemic. The original beautiful sea journey has become a worrying and scary "nightmare".

-"Asara" Cruises

More than a hundred people took this cruise to enjoy the Nile trip. But on March 5th, when the "Assara" cruise arrived in Luxor, Egypt, as a tourist who had previously boarded the cruise was diagnosed with new crown pneumonia after disembarking, the Egyptian government launched an operation on the remaining vessels. Detection. As of now, 45 people on board have tested positive for the new coronavirus.

—— "Westerdam" Cruise

The Malaysian Ministry of Health announced on the evening of February 15th that an 83-year-old female passenger of the "Vistedan" cruise was diagnosed with an infection upon entry. The cruise ship was refused to call in by many countries and regions, and finally approved by Cambodia and finally docked in Sihanoukville. 1,455 passengers and 802 crew members from many countries have thus ended the "rafting" at sea for nearly two weeks. On February 19, the Cambodian Ministry of Health issued a communique saying that all passengers had disembarked. After testing, none of the cruise passengers still in Cambodia were infected.

—— "Diamond Princess"

On January 20, the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship carrying more than 3,700 people set off from Yokohama, Japan. Due to a new crown outbreak on board, it returned to Yokohama Port on February 3 and was quarantined. As of now, the cruise has confirmed 696 passengers and flight attendants, including 7 deaths.

Now, can Supreme Princess escape the fate of the epidemic? Everyone is waiting and praying. (Finish)