Cruises have been canceled due to the risk of coronavirus infection. The CEO of Carnival Cruises now denied that one is exposed to increased risk on cruises.
- The CEO of Carnival Corporation spoke about the current state of the coronavirus *.
- He said that the company had never put passengers at risk.
- In addition, there is no increased risk of infection on cruise ships .
Carnival Cruises CEO explains: No increased risk of coronavirus infection on cruise ships
Arnold Donald is CEO of Carnival Corporation. In front of the USA Today portal, he defended Carnival Cruises' handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The cruise company would never put its passengers in a dangerous situation , Donald said.
" Cruise ships are not a source of corona viruses . We have hundreds of cruise ships out there. Very few cases have been reported," the CEO said USA Today. "The ships are big. People are not always gathered and crammed together." He went on to say that "a cruise ship is not a riskier environment," although people might perceive it that way.
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Contagion risk with corona virus on cruise ships: How high is it really?
At the beginning of the corona virus outbreak, many reports of sick passengers and crew members appeared on cruise ships. This is not surprising, since there are around 2,000 to 3,000 cruise passengers on a ship at the same time who are in constant contact with each other.
The corona virus can be transmitted by droplet infection , so there is currently a regulation to keep a minimum distance of 1.5 meters from other people. As this is difficult to do on a cruise ship, an increased risk of infection is not surprising. For this reason, virtually all cruises worldwide were initially canceled for two months since mid-March.
It was only recently reported that Carnival Cruises is providing some cruise ships in Miami as a hospital replacement. Patients who are ill with something other than the coronavirus are to be cared for there, in order to make room in the hospitals for those infected with coronavirus .
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