Carnival's Princess Cruises suspends global operations for 2 months on coronavirus fears

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Princess Cruises, the operator of two coronavirus-stricken ships, said on Thursday it would suspend global operations of its 18 cruise ships for two months, sending shares of its parent company Carnival Corp down 22% in premarket trading.

The Grand Princess was denied entry to San Francisco Bay last Wednesday en route back from Hawaii as authorities learned some passengers and crew had developed flu-like symptoms, and that patrons from an earlier cruise to Mexico aboard the same ship had tested positive for coronavirus.

The Diamond Princess cruise ship, which at one point had the highest number of infections outside China, was quarantined off the coast of Japan for the disease in February. Of those on board about 700 people became infected, and six have died.

The cruise line said the suspension was out of an abundance of caution.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/carnivals-princess-cruises-suspends-global-operations-for-2-months-on-coronavirus-fears/ar-BB115PNm?li=BBnb7Kz

[SoCalNative]

1. They need to do it for all of the lines

that they control, as do all of the other cruise companies.

[matt819]

2. There seems to be no updated information for the cruise ship docked in Oakland.

I suspect we'll never know how many were/are infected.