Cruise ship case shows perils of resuming tourism
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published : 10 Dec 2020 at 13:39
3 Royal Caribbean s Quantum of the Seas is moored at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre after a passenger was tested positive onboard for the coronavirus disease in Singapore on Wednesday. (Reuters photo)
The optimism on display just two months ago when Singapore Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung pledged to reopen the city-state and its tourism-reliant economy has taken a beating after a possible local coronavirus case was found aboard one of Royal Caribbean Cruise’s ships.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the 1,680 passengers on
Quantum of the Seas enjoying day three of a four-day cruise to nowhere and 1,148 crew were alerted to an announcement that a suspected case of Covid-19 had been discovered, the voyage was being cut short and everyone should remain in their staterooms.
BusinessWorld
December 10, 2020 | 6:21 pm
THE OPTIMISM on display just two months ago when Singapore Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung pledged to reopen the city-state and its tourism-reliant economy has taken a beating after a possible local coronavirus case was found aboard one of Royal Caribbean Cruise Ltd.’s ships.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the 1,680 passengers on Quantum of the Seas enjoying day three of a four-day cruise to nowhere and 1,148 crew were alerted to an announcement that a suspected case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had been discovered, the voyage was being cut short and everyone should remain in their staterooms.
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Covid on Singapore Cruise Ship Shows Perils of Resuming Tourism
Philip J. Heijmans and Kyunghee Park, Bloomberg News A passenger on board the docked Quantum of the Seas cruise ship, operated by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., on a room balcony at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre in Singapore, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. The ship is back in Singapore and those on board are confined to their cabins after a positive Covid-19 case was identified, cutting short what was meant to be a four-day cruise to nowhere. , Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) The optimism on display just two months ago when Singapore Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung pledged to reopen the city-state and its tourism-reliant economy has taken a beating after a possible local coronavirus case was found aboard one of Royal Caribbean Cruise Ltd.âs ships.
As Wednesday dragged on, some people on the ship, now back at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre, took to their balconies for fresh air in an all-too familiar 2020 sight another floating palace, docked but isolated as the arduous process of contact tracing and testing gets underway. | Travel