{"id":251396,"date":"2020-04-06T04:42:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T08:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=251396"},"modified":"2020-04-06T04:42:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T08:42:21","slug":"canadians-not-allowed-off-coral-princess-cruise-ship-due-to-new-cdc-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/06\/canadians-not-allowed-off-coral-princess-cruise-ship-due-to-new-cdc-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadians not allowed off Coral Princess cruise ship due to new CDC guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Coral Princess in Vancouver in 2002 (Photo By Roy Luck – ‘Coral Princess’ pulls into Canada Place, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Canadians remained aboard the COVID-19-stricken Coral Princess cruise ship on Sunday, a full day after some passengers were allowed on dry land.<\/p>\n

New guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control saying cruise passengers shouldn’t board commercial planes have limited who is allowed off the ship, Princess Cruises said in a statement, adding that only those with imminent chartered flights can disembark.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will unfortunately result in further delays in disembarkation and onward travel for many guests as we work through this complex, challenging and unfortunate situation,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

Only those bound for Australia, the U.K. and California have been allowed to leave the ship.<\/p>\n

North Vancouver resident Sanford Osler said he and his wife are more than ready to head home, and they hope the federal government will help speed up the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrincess says they will try to a arrange a chartered flight for us, but we are calling on Canada to send a plane down for us,\u201d Osler said in an email.<\/p>\n

The couple is among 97 Canadian passengers aboard the ship, which left Santiago, Chile, on March 5 and docked in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Friday.<\/p>\n

Osler said the last time he was on dry land was March 13, and passengers have been confined to their rooms for nearly a week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re still healthy but do want to get off this ship and get home,\u201d said Osler, 70.<\/p>\n

Two people aboard the ship have died, and 12 have tested positive for COVID-19, Princess Cruises has said. Still more are experiencing flu-like symptoms.<\/p>\n

Global Affairs said Sunday that apart from the Coral Princess, it knows of 49 Canadian passengers and eight Canadian crew members on seven ships.<\/p>\n

It said it isn’t aware of any of those people testing positive for the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Cruise ships have been a hotbed for the novel coronavirus beginning in February, when the largest outbreak outside mainland China was aboard the Diamond Princess ship, also operated by Princess Cruises.<\/p>\n

The Diamond Princess was quarantined for two weeks in Yokohama, Japan, because of the virus. Ultimately, about 700 of the 3,700 people aboard became infected in what experts pronounced a public-health failure. They cite the close quarters and frequent socialization as contributing to the spread.<\/p>\n

The federal government eventually evacuated 129 Canadians from the ill-fated ship and brought them to eastern Ontario for quarantine on Feb. 21, but 47 Canadians infected by the virus had to stay behind in Japan for treatment.<\/p>\n

More recently, Canadians on the MS Zaandam and MS Rotterdam, arrived in Canada on a plane chartered by operator Holland America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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