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100,000 cruise ship crew still trapped onboard due to COVID-19

While most cruise ship passengers have now made it back to land, another crisis has been growing – with no safe haven in sight. Around the world, more than 100,000 crew workers are still trapped on cruise ships, at least 50 of which have Covid-19 infections. They are shut out of ports and banned from […]

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Cruise lines cancel China sailings

Several major cruise lines, including Royal Caribbean and MSC Cruises, have cancelled voyages out of China as fears grow about the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus. The centre of the outbreak is the city of Wuhan, where the virus is believed to have been passed from animals to humans in a food market. China has […]