32 cruise ships around the world have been affected by the coronavirus so far, leaving passengers infected, dead, or stranded — see the full list

• The cruise ship industry has now been disrupted by the spread of the novel coronavirus across several cruise ships, leaving multiple passengers infected or dead.
• This includes the Diamond Princess that left one-fifth of its 3,711 passengers occupants infected, USA Today reported.
• The US Department of State has advised against traveling by cruise ship, and Princess Cruises has already canceled many of its planned trips.
• At least 21 cruise ships around the world have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic resulting in extended voyage due to rejected dockings and in some cases increased transmission of the disease.
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The US Department of State has advised against attending cruise ship trips amid the global spread of coronavirus, which has already disrupted several cruise ships across the world with resulting COVID-19 deaths.

Several cruise ships have started reporting coronavirus-positive passengers aboard its ships following the initial devastation of the Diamond Princess Cruise trip that left eight passengers dead, prompting a shake-up across the cruise industry. And the paranoia has now spread past the confinements of the ships: even cruises that have had no reported cases of COVID-19 have been barred from docking in certain countries and ports.

Princess Cruises has been hit more than many other cruise lines. Its Diamond, Grand, Regal, Golden, Pacific, Caribbean, and Royal Princess cruises have all been affected in some way, whether it be coronavirus-related deaths caused by contaminated ships and passengers, or the cancellation of trips just before its departure date out of general COVID-19 fear.

The novel coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, has now infected over 414,000 people globally and killed over 18,500. Several of those deaths are directly related to the spread of COVID-19 throughout cruise ships: over 700 people have been infected as a result of being on a cruise ship, according to data compiled by John Hopkins University.

Now, several cruise lines have changed its cancellation, rebooking, and refund policy to accommodate the pandemic.

Keep scrolling to see the cruises that have been disrupted since the start of what WHO claims to be a global public-health emergency:

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The Diamond Princess is the first known cruise ship to have had positive COVID-19 patients onboard, which left the ship quarantined off the coast of Japan.

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Japanese health officials were heavily criticized after passengers were kept inside of their rooms for two weeks, confused by the situation.

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So far, eight passengers that were aboard the Diamond Princess have died from coronavirus, the CDC reported.

Source: CDC

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Almost 20% — 696 of the 3,711 passengers — of the entire ship ended up infected by the time everyone disembarked.

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The Grand Princess cruise ship that had 2,422 passengers onboard docked and began disembarkation on March 9 in Oakland after at least 21 out of 46 coronavirus tests administered onboard came back positive for COVID-19, USA Today reported.

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The CDC has reported that 28 people onboard tested positive for COVID-19.

Source: CDC

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The ship and its quarantined passengers had been floating awaiting orders from the CDC for several days, CNN reported.

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The ship was initially infected by the passengers from the Grand Princess's previous trip in late February.

Source: Los Angeles Times

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About 12 people from that prior trip later tested positive for COVID-19, including one man in Placer County, California who later died.

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Grand Princess reported that 2,042 passengers on the ship were disembarked by March 15 and were set to continue quarantine off-board at medical facilities or military bases.

Source: Princess Cruises

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By March 16, all passengers and half of the crew members also disembarked, USA Today reported.

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The ship has since been moved to the San Francisco Bay.

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The remaining crew members will be disembarked and tested. Princess Cruises is working with the local, state, and federal government and agencies to coordinate the disembarkation and repatriation of the remaining crew members. Crew members who are symptomatic or sick will not be allowed to take the charter flights home and may instead be moved to a medical facility.

Source: Princess Cruises

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The Regal Princess was originally supposed to dock the morning of March 7, but was given a "no-sail order" by the CDC and had to idle off-coast while two crew members were being tested for coronavirus.

Source: The Hill, Associated Press

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It was finally allowed to dock in Florida that evening after the tests came back negative, according to Princess Cruises.

Source: Princess Cruises

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The two crew members in question had been working on the Grand Princess cruise ship at least two weeks prior to their start on the Regal Princess.

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The Regal Princess has been considered the nastiest cruise ship since before the coronavirus pandemic.

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The MSC Meraviglia was initially rejected by Jamaican and the Cayman Island ports after crew members onboard tested positive for the flu, but not the coronavirus, the New York Times reported.

Source: New York Times

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There were over 4,500 passengers and 1,600 crew members onboard.

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The MSC Meraviglia crew members and passengers all passed health screening tests before embarking on the cruise trip.

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The ship was finally allowed to dock in Cozumel, Mexico before being moved to Miami.

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MSC then proceeded to disembark its 3,877 passengers without medical screening on Sunday after US health officials cleared the ship.

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The passengers were allowed to disembark despite the news that a passenger on the MSC Meraviglia's prior trip had tested positive for COVID-19, the Miami Herald reported.

Source: Miami Herald

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That passenger was on the cruise for eight days, and 103 passengers and the ship's crew members who were on the cruise with the coronavirus-positive passenger stayed on the boat to continue into this trip.

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However, MSC Cruises said it had quarantined seven crew members on-board who were in close contact with the coronavirus-positive passenger following the news of the passenger's positive test result.

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Caribbean Princess received a no-sail order mid-journey so that the CDC could test two of its crew members.

Source: Business Insider

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The two Caribbean Princess's crew members were transferred from the Grand Princess over a week prior to the no-sail order, the Miami Herald reported.

Source: Miami Herald

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The tests ultimately came back negative, and the ship was allowed to dock in Florida on March 11, according to a Princess Cruise announcement on March 10.

Source: Princess Cruises

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A Royal Princess cruise trip from the Port of Los Angeles to Mexico was put under a no-sail order and canceled after Princess Cruises said in a tweet that a crew member working the ship had recently been transferred from Grand Princess.

Source: Twitter, CBS Los Angeles

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The cruise was originally set to depart March 7.

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Italian cruise ship Costa Fortuna was denied permission to dock in Thailand and Malaysia over coronavirus fears. However, nobody onboard actually tested positive for COVID-19.

Source: Business Insider, Twitter

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It eventually disembarked in Singapore and the passengers were all screened and found to be in good health, The Straits Times reported.

Source: The Straits Times

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Holland America Line's Westerdam attempted to dock at ports in five countries — Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the US territory of Guam — before it finally docked in Cambodia, TIME reported.

Source: TIME

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Its docking was repeatedly denied after a rumor spread that an 83-year-old American woman on board had coronavirus, prompting the cruise line to halt disembarkation.

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Her tests came back negative, and after another 1,500 tests of passengers aboard the Westerdam came back negative, the ship was deemed no to low risk.

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Misinformation also left MSC Opera, a cruise ship that had no known COVID-19 positive passengers presently on board, unable to dock at one of its planned stops in Malta, Seatrade Cruise News reported.

Source: Seatrade Cruise News

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The rumor that there were coronavirus-positive passengers on board stemmed from a report that an Austrian passenger from a previous trip had tested positive after leaving the ship.

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At least 12 crew members aboard the A Sara, a Nile river cruise, tested positive for COVID-19 and were put in isolation on March 6, the New York Times reported However, the crew members had already worked multiple trips on the boat, reported the Independent.

Source: New York Times, Independent

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This left hundreds of passengers potentially exposed to COVID-19 from previous and the then-current trip. Passengers then-aboard the A Sara were tested when the ship reached Luxor, Egypt, revealing 33 coronavirus-positive passengers on board.

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The CDC has reported that there have been at least 60 cases reported in 15 US states as a result of "multiple Nile River voyages."

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The MS Braemar was denied docking in multiple Caribbean ports after at least five of the over 600 passengers aboard the cruise tested positive for COVID-19, CNN reported.

Source: CNN

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As of March 17, Braemer is five miles off the coast of Cuba and will dock after charter flights have arrived in the country to take the passengers "deemed fit" back to the UK, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines said in a statement. There are now 28 guests and 27 crew members showing flu symptoms in isolation, CNN reported.

Source: Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, CNN

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A passenger on the Silver Shadow tested positive for COVID-19, as confirmed by the Royal Caribbean on Sunday, CNN reported.

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The ship was docked in Brazil when all of its US passengers disembarked and took charter flights home on March 22, according to a tweet by the US Embassy in Brazil.

Source: Twitter

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An 83-year-old Silver Explorer passenger tested positive for coronavirus, Royal Caribbean confirmed on March 15, CNN reported.

Source: CNN

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The cruise, carrying 111 passengers and 120 crew members, is now docked in Chile.

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The Golden Princess was not allowed to disembark in New Zealand on March 15 because of a suspected COVID-19 case on the ship, The Straits Time reported.

Source: The Straits Time

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The Golden Princess is carrying 2,600 passengers and 1,100 crew members. Three passengers are currently in quarantine, and one is a suspected COVID-19 case. The ship will also begin testing passengers who were recently on a flight from Los Angeles with a coronavirus-positive passenger, CNN reported.

Source: CNN

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Norwegian Jewel struggled to find a port to dock at after being denied at four ports, The Guardian reported. The ship's 2,000 passengers finally disembarked in Hawaii on March 23, the Washington Post reported.

Source: The Guardian, Washington Post

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Passengers were screened for health issues before being bussed to the airport to take charter flights back home, the Washington Post and Star Advertiser reported. There are currently no confirmed COVID-19 cases aboard the ship. About 1,000 crew members will remain on board.

Source: Star Advertiser, Washington Post

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While no one aboard the Pacific Princess has tested positive for COVID-19, the cruise ship — currently on a global voyage for 111 days — is having a difficult time finding a place to dock, CNN reported.

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Several of its planned stops have now been canceled. Its next destination was planned for Australia on March 21, but the country has now closed its ports from cruise ships, making the docking fate of the Pacific Princess uncertain.

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At least 36 passengers who were on the Costa Luminosa have tested positive for COVID-19, Ship Technology reported. A passenger on the Luminosa's previous trip has also tested positive and died from the virus.

Source: Ship Technology

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Costa Luminosa docked in France, although its original destination was Venice, Italy, the New York Times reported. Passengers who could board chartered flights back to their home countries were allowed to disembark, including almost 400 Americans and Canadians.

Source: The New York Times

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While no one aboard the Celebrity Eclipse has tested positive for COVID-19, the cruise ship is having a difficult time disembarking its passengers, BuzzFeed News reported.

Source: BuzzFeed News

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The ship attempted to dock and disembark in San Antonio, Chile, which has closed its port to cruise ships, USA Today reported. Now, it will dock in Chile just to refuel so the cruise ship can sail to San Diego and begin disembarkation there. The ship was originally set to disembark in San Antonio.

Source: USA Today

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The Azamara Pursuit, and its 675 passengers and 389 crew members, is currently off the coast of Chile, Click 2 Houston reported. Authorities banned the ship from docking over concerns that someone aboard has COVID-19, The New Paper reported. However, Azamara has confirmed that there are no positive coronavirus cases on board. The Azamara Pursuit is now working on a disembarkation plan.

Source: Click 2 Houston, The New Paper

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Carnival Fascination was also denied disembarkation at Puerto Rico until all passengers had met the "health clearance requirements", the captain of the ship announced on March 15. However, no one onboard has displayed any symptoms, KSST Radio reported.

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The ship is now headed to Miami instead.

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Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas was also denied entry at Puerto Rico and will now be disembarking in Miami as well, USA Today reported.

Source: USA Today

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The Ruby Princess docked in Sydney on March 19 after an 11-day cruise with 2,700 passengers onboard, The Guardian reported.

Source: The Guardian

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Since disembarkment, 133 have people tested positive for COVID-19, and one woman has died as a result of the virus.

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The cruise ship had seen about 158 coronavirus-positive cases on its ship from prior trips. It was labeled "medium risk" a week before its most recent trip, but this was later bumped down to "low risk" because the cruise's last voyage was between New Zealand and Australia.

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The Azamara Quest's itinerary was changed after it was denied docking in Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates, where the ship was originally set to disembark, then-passenger Greg Redfern wrote in a column on WTOP News. The ship ultimately disembarked in Oman on February 13.

Source: WTOP News

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Michigan's Lenawee County Health Department issued a press release on March 16 that listed the Azamara Quest as having at least one coronavirus-positive passenger on board on its February 20 trip "and any subsequent voyages." The February 20 trip was a 26-day cruise from Cape Town to Dubai, according to Cruisemapper.

Source: Lenawee County Health Department, Cruisemapper

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However, Azamara Club Cruises told Cruise Radio that there were no COVID-19 cases on the ship.

Source: Cruise Radio

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Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas occupied by its crew members docked in Mississippi on March 24, WLOX reported. Crew members whose contracts have expired underwent a health screening before departing the ship to go home. The rest will stay on the ship.

Source: WLOX

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On March 13, Royal Caribbean notified passengers who had recently disembarked that two people who might have been aboard the ship had tested positive for COVID-19, KOCO News reported.

Source: KOCO News

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Royal Caribbean did not immediately respond to Business Insider's inquiry over the potential coronavirus passengers.

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A two-year-old aboard the Norwegian Bliss tested positive for COVID-19, silive.com reported.

Source: silive.com

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The cruise line sent a letter to passengers on the ship's March 1 and March 8 trips about the two-year-old, who traveled on the March 1 journey.

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Celebrity Summit was denied docking at several ports despite having CDC and US Coast Guard clearance, Cruise Hive reported.

Source: Cruise Hive

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No one aboard the ship tested positive for COVID-19.

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Several passengers disembarked the Solstice in New Zealand after the government announced a self-quarantine rule, Cruise Hive reported. The ship then sailed to Sydney to allow the remaining passengers to disembark.

Source: Cruise Hive

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While Cruise Hive reported on March 17 that there were no COVID-19-positive passengers aboard the ship, the New Zealand Herald reported on March 20 that a Celebrity Solstice passenger had tested positive.

Source: New Zealand Herald

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A man aboard the Royal Caribbean Ovation of the Seas tested positive for coronavirus following a voyage from March 11 to March 18, the Daily Mercury reported.

Source: Daily Mercury

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At least 13 coronavirus-positive cases have been linked to the Ovation of the Seas, the New South Wales Health Department reported.

Source: NSW Health

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Passengers on Holland America's Zaandam have been asked to self-quarantine in their staterooms after 13 guests and 29 crew members began exhibiting potential COVID-19 symptoms.

Source: Business Insider

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There are currently 1,243 guests and 586 crew members on board the ship.

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The Zaandam will now attempt to dock in Florida on March 30 after being denied in Chile, International Business Times reported.

Source: International Business Times

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However, there are concerns that the ship will not be allowed to pass through the Panama Canal. Docking in Florida is also not certain.

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The Royal Caribbean Voyager of the Seas carried a coronavirus-positive passenger between February 25 and March 7, Seatrade Cruise News reported.

Source: Seatrade Cruise News

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Another Voyager of the Seas passenger on a March 7 to March 18 voyage also tested positive for COVID-19.

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Now, seven cases have stemmed from the Voyager of the Seas, the New South Wales Health Department reported.

Source: NSW Health

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Holland America's Maasdam is now on its way to disembark in San Diego after being turned away from Hawaii, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. There are no positive cases aboard the ship.

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

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A man who had recently completed a Carnival Valor voyage has tested positive for coronavirus, WKBN reported. The cruise embarked on its journey from New Orleans on February 29 before returning on March 5. The Valor passenger started feeling symptomatic the day after disembarking and was tested on March 12. The test came back positive a day later.

Source: WKBN