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Princess Cruises

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Web site www.princess.com
HeadquartersSanta Clarita
California
United States
Parent organizations Carnival Corporation & plc
FoundersStanley McDonald
Founded1965
Number of employees12,000
Key person Jan Swartz
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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About Princess Cruises


Princess Cruises is a cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. The company is incorporated in Bermuda and its headquarters are in Santa Clarita, California. It was previously a subsidiary of P&O Princess Cruises, and is part of Holland America Group, which controls princess cruises brand.

Coronavirus: Australia starts the criminal investigation into Ruby Princess

Feb 16,2020 10:25 am

The Ruby Princess will remain off the coast of Sydney with 200 crew members are showing symptoms of The Virus

A criminal investigation has been launched in Australia, such as cruise passengers disembark were in Sydney despite Some of the exhibitors flu-like symptoms.

More Than 600 people on Board the Ruby Princess tested later positive for coronavirus, and 10, are now deceased.

The Ship remains off the coast with almost 200 sick crew members on Board.

Police in New South Wales and said they would examine whether the national BIOS has been out-broken laws.

in Australia, cases So Far 5,548 coronavirus reported cases and 30 deaths.

Those ships sick on a cruise account for almost a tenth of all cases in Australia.

the country has strict social-distancing measures, and clubs, cafes, parks and gymnasiums have been closed to contain in an attempt, said the outbreak

At a press conference in New South Wales , the Police Commissioner Mick Fuller, there are "many open questions" about The Incident .

He Said that, by law, ships could only dock to get in and out of the passengers, if The Captain will ensure that local authorities that your vessel was free of contagious diseases.

Mr Fuller said there were "inconsistencies" with the details of The Ship 's owner, carnival Australia, and the requirements of The Law .

"The only way I can get to the bottom of whether our national BIOS laws and our state's broke safety laws by a criminal investigation," he told reporters.

Mr Fuller said that The Day before the passengers landed in Sydney, a worker, an Emergency Call about Two People in need of medical help. He Said the Police were sure by The Company that the coronavirus was no Problem on The Ship .

"From this perspective, there are too many Unanswered Questions ," he added.

Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said, important questions had to be answered was confronted

The New South Wales government, the Assembly, the critique, for it allows the people from The Ship , but insisted that the decision was based on competent advice.

Mr. Fuller added that carnival Australia would had said it is fully cooperating with the investigation. The Company has Not Yet commented publicly on The Criminal investigation.

The Ruby Princess , with around 2,700 people onboard in Sydney last month have arrived after a 11-day cruise.

According to NSW Health, about a dozen passengers had reported feeling unwell and had taken swabs for Covid-19. One was a car with an ambulance to the hospital.

But the other passengers on Board were not told of this. Instead, Quay flocked off The Boat at Circular - Some of them cough and stutter, according to witnesses. The lively area leads directly into the centre of The City , with transit connections to The Airport and outer suburbs.

thousands of passengers left The Ship , nothing of a Covid-19-outbreak on Board

Elisa McCafferty, an Australian woman who flew home to London with Her Husband immediately after exiting the bus, told The Bbc : "Nothing was said to any time someone is sick on Board. It was a lack of information, the by of the Princess [Princess Cruises , owned by Carnival] all the time. "

A Day after The Ship docked, officials revealed cases of Covid-19 has been confirmed in three people who had been on Board, prompting a scramble to track down anyone still on The Ship .

Ms McCafferty said she only learned of the danger, if you have your phone checked at Heathrow Airport .

"I was just shocked, just totally. We just had two full Flights - what a person is, if we had been infected?"



coronavirus pandemic, australia, cruise ships

Source of news: bbc.com

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