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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10 Dec 2020
A health worker dressed in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) looks out of a bus as overseas Australians arrive for mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine at the Pacific Hotel in Canberra, Australia, 26 November 2020. EPA-EFE/MICK TSIKAS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
Health workers dressed in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) wait for overseas Australians to arrive for mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine at the Pacific Hotel in Canberra, Australia, 26 November 2020. EPA-EFE/MICK TSIKAS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
An Australian woman and her baby exit a bus as they arrive for mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine at the Pacific Hotel in Canberra, Australia, 26 November 2020. EPA-EFE/MICK TSIKAS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT