Cruise ships are back and carrying COVID. No, it’s not 2020. But here’s what needs to happen next

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 19:29:01 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/cruise-ships-are-back-and-carrying-covid-no-its-not-2020-but-heres-what-needs-to-happen-next-193384>

"Cruise ships carrying passengers with COVID are back in the news. The Coral
Princess, with an unconfirmed number of people testing positive on board, is
set to dock at Fremantle, Western Australia. The Quantum of The Seas, with
passengers reportedly testing positive, is heading for Brisbane. There have
been similar situations at other ports in New Zealand and the Pacific.

But this isn’t 2020. The cruise ship industry and health authorities have
learned much from large outbreaks linked to the Ruby Princess and Diamond
Princess cruise ships early in the pandemic.

Yet, there’s even more we can do to limit the impact of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus
that causes COVID) spreading from cruise ships to communities on land."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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