Aboard The Diamond Princess Cruise Ship

The Diamond Princess cruise ship was the site of a large outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19.

Aboard the diamond princess cruise ship. A crew member at work onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship. On 20 January 2020 the DP departed Yokohama Japan on a round-trip voyage making stops in Vietnam Taiwan and Japan. A Japanese epidemiologist described conditions aboard the Diamond Princess as completely chaotic2 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC questioned the efficacy of the onboard lockdown and infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci who is advising the White House on the covid-19 pandemic said the vessels quarantine process had failed3.

Modeled cases are from 132 model scenarios that met acceptable criteria R 2 095 for cumulative daily cases and R 2 0 for daily cases. She is a subclassed Grand -class ship which is also known as a Gem -class ship. The Diamond Princess DP cruise ship was the site of the largest outbreak of COVID-19 outside China in February 2020 with 712 19 cases among 3711 passengers and crew.

They are among the best at sea or anywhere. PCR laboratory tests were used to test for COVID-19 among the passengers and crew of the ship prioritising symptomatic or high-risk groups. She began operation in March 2004 and primarily cruises in Asia during the northern hemisphere summer and Australia during the southern hemisphere summer.

Of 3711 persons onboard 437 were US citizens. Reported actual and modeled predicted cumulative COVID-19 cases aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship from January 20 to February 24 2020. The second is a model estimating IFRs with inference from the epidemiological characteristics of the ship outbreak to the population of China not discussed.

Because of the extraordinary circumstances onboard Diamond Princess Princess Cruises will refund the full cruise fare for all guests including air travel hotel ground transportation pre-paid shore excursions gratuities and other items. Skip to main content Princess Cruises - come back new. The first by Kakimoto is a preliminary report of the investigation carried out onboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess when docked at Yokohama Japan.

Diamond Princess is a British-registered cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises. This study looked at transmission during the outbreak of COVID-19 on the Diamond Princess cruise ship January to February 2020. July 30 2020.