Video / NZ HeraldA cruise ship has finally reached port in Australia after its passengers and crew were subjected to two weeks aboard a floating Petri dish of Covid and gastroenteritis. Princess Cruises’ Grand Princess has arrived in Port Adelaide after an 18-day round trip to Queensland that saw the ship, which has the capacity for 2600 passengers and 1150 crew, ravaged by twin outbreaks. If the raw numbers were not horrifying enough, several passengers gave graphic descriptions of the environmental conditions aboard the Grand Princess. Other passengers said that the crew had been trying to enforce hygiene measures and had “cleaned the whole ship about twice”. The coronavirus-stricken Grand Princess cruise ship in San Francisco in April 2020.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 13, 2023 00:25 UTC