12,000 Cruise Ship Employees still on Board waiting

[calendria]

 

 

Talk about being stuck!!


8/8/2020


12,000 crew members still on cruise ships in US waters months after COVID-19 pandemic shut cruising down  !!

Nearly five months after the coronavirus pandemic shut down the cruise industry, more than 12,000 …

USA Today on MSN.com · 9h


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/12000-crew-members-still-on-cruise-ships-in-us-waters-months-after-covid-19-pandemic-shut-cruising-down/ar-BB17Jedx


The Coast Guard "is tracking 57 cruise ships moored, at anchor, or underway in vicinity of a U.S. port, or with potential to arrive in a U.S. port, with approximately 12,084 crew members," Brittany Panetta, a lieutenant commander and spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard, told USA TODAY.
12,000+ crew are still onboard cruise ships in US waters ...
www.cruisemapper.com/news/7765-12000-crew...
Aug 08, 2020 · 12,000+ crew are still onboard cruise ships in US waters John Stansfield August 8, 2020 , Cruise Industry Nearly 5 months after the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shut down the cruise industry, 12,000+ crew members remained onboard ships in U.S. waters, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announced. The figure is down from 70,000+ in May.

[dreamyxo]

This is insane.

[suemgross]

Are the people on these cruise shipped infected with covid?  If not, they've been quarantined long enough and should not be risk to the rest of us.  Let them leave the ship!

[ktheodos]

Wow....that is crazy

[makeblessed]

They have basically been living in a bubble; if no out breaks of Covid 19 has happened; then they should be allowed to go home to their respective countries now if allowed in. This is madness, how much longer do they expect to keep them on the ship?

[calendria]

They have basically been living in a bubble; if no out breaks of Covid 19 has happened; then they should be allowed to go home to their respective countries now if allowed in. This is madness, how much longer do they expect to keep them on the ship?

   😷     Agreed!  But if they were treated like adults, they would be given a mask, get negative results for two tests and sent home!  Instead?  🤧
 Here's another take on this :

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/over-12000-cruise-ship-workers-stuck-at-sea-months-after-shutting-down-report