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The largest coronavirus outbreak outside of Mainland China is not a country, But on a Cruise Ship .

It's been More Than a week since the Diamond Princess went into lockdown, after a previous passenger tested positive getting off for The Virus , according to the.

With nearly 500 out of 3,700 People on Board tested, 174 People have now tested positive for coronavirus. Those who are still on Board in quarantine for a week.

But it is not only the Diamond Princess .

On another Cruise Ship in Hong Kong , 3,600 passengers, the People were placed under quarantine because they fear that the People could have The Virus .

they were only allowed to leave The Ship came in negative again after the tests.

And a cruise-ship, the More Than 1,450 passengers, the Hong Kong on 1. February, turned away from ports in Japan, Taiwan, Guam, and the Philippines, although you have no infections on Board. It has now been said, it can dock in Cambodia.

cruise ships have been referred to for years as a "floating Petri tray" - Places that are ripe for The Exchange of germs and the spread of the disease.

But the accusation is true?

A passenger looks from the Diamond Princess . The Company is the provision of an additional, TV, movies, games, and Newspapers for quarantined passengers, plus room-service-Food -viruses spread ships lighter on a cruise?

There is an increased risk of respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases on Board ships, says Prof Sanjaya Senanayake, an infectious diseases specialist at the Australian National University .

"In General, you have the passengers and crew members from various parts of The World , mixing intimately and intensely for a short period of time," Dr. Senanayake said.

"you all have different levels of immunity and so that it is not the things up for an infection outbreak in. "

With the Corona Virus, which is believed to be spread by droplets of mucus or Saliva - People that can be Infected , without Direct Contact with a carrier.

"Say, if someone sneezed on a table, And Then Someone Else immediately, the table, which could lead to an infection," Dr. Senanayake said.

"People might not all be talking to each other - But they are in common areas such as swimming pools, spas, halls and auditoriums. "

But Stewart Chiron, a cruise expert, says: "the reality on Board a cruise is a completely different perception of it".

"So, for example, People think that if you are standing in a queue at the buffet lines, that there is a lot of interaction and contact between the passengers," says Mr. Chiron, who's on Board More Than 250 cruise ships.

"For the large cruise-lines, this is not true. There are stations - if you want to that eggs, the do you go to The Egg station, a gloved crew member is For You .

"The Point is that you have to wait rarely in a line, and not everyone goes through each piece of Food - what that means is the minimization of the interaction between People . "

But what about crew members?

If the passenger is minimized the interaction, crew interaction is a different story.

On the Diamond Princess , at least 10 members of The Crew are Infected . According to the New York Times More Than 1,000 crew members "live and work elbow-to-elbow".

"It is likely that crew members be in very close contact with each other, maybe even the joint use of facilities," Dr. Senanayake.

"the People from on Board The Ship , But The Crew members often do not change. So, if the current transmission from The Crew , when the next group of passengers coming up, which can be continued. "

How are mitigated the risks?

According to Mr. Chiron, cruises extremely high level of cleaning and screening processes.

"the cross, a thorough reading of the passengers are trips always. If you are sick, then you are subject to a secondary medical screening. "

Probably the illness most associated with cruise ships is the norovirus, vomiting, a disease caught through contaminated Food or water, or by touching contaminated surfaces.

"cruises have different protocols, which are activated when a norovirus case reported," says Mr. Chiron.

"There is extensive scrub, which is going on, all the surfaces are continuously cleaned. During the buffet there was no Food , such as bread baskets. The Crew are specially trained for this. "

Infected passengers from The Ship to be in hospitals

treated, He adds that things have gotten stricter since the outbreak of the coronavirus.

"You can say, now they are much more attentive to the passengers phenomena. If you look at how well the ships are cleaned and maintained - they are very thorough. "

According to Dr. Senanayake, there is an official vessel sanitation program at the U.S. center for disease control and prevention (CDC), which advises ships, How To prevent and control the spread of diseases.

"I believe that cruise ships have now a lot of disinfecting stations, and also the counselling of patients or crew members who are not sick, come on Board," he says.

"It is the risk of walking on a Cruise Ship , But everything in life comes with risks. [People practicing] simple [preventive] measures. "

the Diamond Princess , Dr Senanayake says The Ship has "good isolation" measures, by which the People in your room (passengers are allowed on the outdoor decks at certain times).

But , he adds: "[The Ship ] must ensure that the People understand why this is happening, and understand your concerns.

"have you gone to be with the time of your life, feeling lonely, scared in her room very. The quarantine should always be done in a very humane and compassionate way. "

the industry Is suffering?

The Cruise industry is definitely a "financial Hit " - But these cases are not to stop People from taking the cross, says Mr. Chiron.

"The damage to take the, go, is, in particular, trips from the cross around China and South-East Asia . The lines are cancelling itineraries.

"cruise Norwegian, for example, are, cancel all your Asia and descents. You're going to have to issue refunds, credits - we're talking hundreds of millions of dollars.

"But if you look at the rest of The World , Europe, Alaska, the US People still on the road. Royal Caribbean revealed that only 1. 5% of the requests they received were about People , the issues, The Virus .

"People are worried, Yes, But they are still on the road. Elsewhere in The World , the ships are full and you continue to be full. "

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