‘A stroke of luck’ to be on global cruise during pandemic
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – For Spanish traveler Carlos Payá, being on an around-the-globe luxury cruise while the rest of world scurried into their homes for fear of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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US travelers wait days to leave cruise ship with virus cases
MIAMI (AP) – Dozens of Americans aboard a cruise ship that docked last weekend in Miami with coronavirus cases still waited Monday to disembark, delayed by new federal rules requiring…
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Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis to discuss coronavirus cruise ships Zaandam, Rotterdam
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he will speak to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis about the fate of two cruise ships carrying passengers sick with the coronavirus that are hoping…
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Cruise Lines Are Paying Customers Not To Cancel Despite Coronavirus Risk
The travel industry as a whole is suffering due to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus, which as of Wednesday had infected more than 120,000 people globally. But it’s…
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The Latest: Virus-stricken U.S. cruise ship heading for port
ROME (AP) – The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak(all times local): 8:40 a.m. The captain of a cruise ship that was hit by the new coronavirus has told passengers it…
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Cruise passengers off California await virus test results
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Coronavirus test results were expected Friday for some passengers and crew aboard a cruise ship held off the California coast. The Grand Princess lay at anchor…
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Finally let off cruise, passengers desperate for flight home
BANGKOK (AP) – The cheers of celebration have faded. The waving of roses has ceased. Having finally reached a friendly port in Cambodia willing to accept them after nearly two…
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Cruise ship turned away in other ports anchors off Cambodia
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) – A cruise ship turned away by other Asian and Pacific governments due to virus fears anchored Thursday off Cambodia, which is checking the health of its…
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