Cruise line boss Jan Swartz: One day I’d like to share a whisky with British couple at the centre of Diamond Princess Covid outbreak
Offer to David and Sally Abel
Covid
Celebrity Cruises vice president Jo Rzymowska isolates on Celebrity Apex for 24 hours after lunch partner tests positive
She’s cleared after second negative result
MSC Cruises told port officials of 54 positive Covid cases on three Southampton sailings, new figures obtained by Shipmonk reveal
Full analysis of reports for all the line’s summer cruises
MSC Cruises tightened up Covid measures on MSC Virtuosa after Southampton port health officer raised passengers’ concerns
Complaints over social distancing and mask wearing
International cruising gets the go-ahead to return from England starting on August 2
Industry welcomes news
‘Freedom Day’ in England – but cruise lines react with caution when asked when Covid restrictions on UK sailings will be relaxed
Masks and social distancing will continue
‘A number’ of MSC Virtuosa guests will have to rebook cruises because Covid limits on ships were extended, says MSC Cruises
Only 1,000 passengers allowed on ship
P&O Cruises’ summer of UK breaks will be coastal sailings for vaccinated Britons only, with Iona’s maiden voyage due on August 7
Full details and fares revealed
Breathe easy – there’s a very low risk you’ll catch anything through a cruise ship’s air-con system, says study commissioned by Royal Caribbean Group
Scientists studied Oasis of the Seas
SeaDream cancels sailings for rest of 2020 after seven guests and two crew test positive for Covid on first Caribbean cruise
Ship was forced to return to Barbados