St Lucia Denies Aidaperla With 3400 Passengers Entry Due To High Number Of Respiratory Infections St Lucia health officials have denied the Aidaperla cruise …
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St Lucia Denies Aidaperla With 3400 Passengers Entry Due To High Number Of Respiratory Infections
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Stop all the cruise ships now. They are spreading the virus. People should nog travel now for holiday.
Have they tested anyone to know if it is corona virus? Maybe a few people just have colds.
Do you know why does sympathy of the sea is still says in Miami got off Saturday about 3 hours got sick
We’re on the Carnival Magic in Philipsburg St. Maarten today and the Aida Perla is docked directly in front of us. The passengers have been allowed to get off and freely roam the island.
Might be seven days at sea on our next cruise!
I hope all the people with the respiratory problems will be well soon and that one will perish due to it either
St Lucia made a smart move. I was on NCL and the ship was loaded with NoraVirus however the authorities let the ship dock at each port knowing about the situation. I guess money over peoples health with matters more NCL.
How is the status now, on the AidaPerla? She is expected next Saturday in Aruba and Sunday in Curacao.
3400 festering people in a tin can NO THANK YOU!!!
Are they turning flights away as well?
i wonder what the cruise ship told the passengers why they were denied disembarkation?
Exactly one year ago I was on AidaPerla… on St. Lucia I had a drink with contaminated icecubes, and the next day, on Guadeloupe, I got sick with vomit for 2 days… so I missed to see Antigua, because I had to stay on my cabin until I was healthy again… but the trip was wonderful, especially Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Aruba and Curacao… the carribean islands are definitely worth a visit! 🏝🍹
There was no norovirus cases in the Caribbean.
That's stupid, I hope Aida will boycot St. Lucia. Was any case of Coronavirus confirmed? Of cause not. Let's see what will happen to these island without tourists…
I am worried I have a cruise in August let see what happened mean while and between time
Wish I knew bc I live in Antigua and she is due here on Tuesday…. ???
AIDAperla ist ein Richtig cooles Schiff😍
That's home for me.🇱🇨
Off the topic but 900 crew not enough for 3400 passengers.
Seen an Aida ship in Portugal.
I think others are right. There may be some more denials and that many sick is a real issue.
One does know how fast the Norovirus can take down a ship full of passengers. IF the closed system exacerbates a simple "upper respiratory infection" euphemism intended, and now we know that the corona virus can be spread from person to person in early stages before patients are sick, this does not bode well for small islands who don't have facilities to medically serve 2 to 6,000 sick passengers, God Forbid ! This is not going to end well for anyone across the board. And if travel insurance does not cover epidemics, passengers are going to be screwed for thousands of dollars, if cruises are cancelled or passengers denied boarding for any reason. This is not good at all. Could decimate the present cruise season for sure. Already cruse lines are redirecting ships away from affected areas, and cancelling cruises outright for fear of infectious diseases. Sad !!!
There's a relatively common respiratory ailment called "Cabin Cough" that can develop on cruise ships. It can be caused by the conditions on a ship: travelling from the air conditioned interiors to the hot outside to a hot tub and back to air conditioning, to saunas, etc. as well as the close proximity to many other passengers with minor colds, etc.
Well done St Lucia try your best to keep them out this should also go out to the rest of the Caribbean islands
wow. How would you like to go on a cruise and be denied entry at every port because of respiratory infection outbreak on the ship. Sounds like nightmare not a vacation. Those poor people.
Safety is number one
You cannot blame them.
Each port has the option to deny a ship docking for pretty much for any reason thatwhatever
This story raises lots of issues and questions. Was this hysteria, precaution, or was the virus on the ship? Did you hear about the family that cancelled their Norwegian cruise(virus fears) and Norwegian is refusing to refund $32K. The family have travel insurance, but were told "epidemics aren't covered"!
This is spreading faster than a bushfire in the dry season and it's gaining momentum…This is SHOCKING news, unload the sick and infect the next lot!!! Just hope they Ain't "Cruising to catastrophe" Thanks for the update BRUCE😆😆 Doing a FAB JOB😆😆 LONG LIVE BRUCE😆😆😎😎
Sent them to there home port. You fly the flag that your home. Don't bring your stink to others. Go to your third world holes & stay. Mr Trump close our ports till its over.
Good call. Maybe the cruise lines will have to limit ports to private islands in the future.