Hello John and Doves,
Finally this cornavirus
is making the news!
The Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Anthem Of The Seas,
docked in Bayonee, New Jersey, Friday morning,
2/7/2020. It had returned from a cruise to the
Caribbean.
These 27 passengers had
recently traveled to China. These cruises are
usually a week long to the Caribbean. So to travel
back from China, then get on a cruise ship to the Bahamas,
etc...that should have about finished the '14 day
incubation period for most of these 27 people. In fact, the Royal Caribbean spokeperson said all of
these Chinese nationals had been in China 13 days
ago...14 days is the furthest 'reported length' of the
incubation period.
The CDC isn't giving the
media any more information about these 4 passengers.
Hopefully they will test negative.
This ship was to depart
for the Bahamas today, 2/7...but this has been delayed
until tomorrow. They are awaiting test results before
setting sail again.
However, Japan is
treating these cruise ships differently:
There is a Princess
Cruises ship, the Diamond Princess, off the coast of
Yokohama, Japan - so far, 61 out of some 100 tested are
confirmed positive. There are 3,700 passengers and crew on
board this ship under quarantine until February 19. There
are 11 Americans on board. 28 Japanese nationals, 11
Americans, 7 Australian, 7 Canadian, 3 from Hong Kong, one
from Argentina, one from the Philippines, one from Taiwan,
one from the UK and one from New Zealand tested
positive.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/11-americans-aboard-cruise-ship-japan-infected-coronavirus/story?id=68819290
11
Americans aboard cruise ship in Japan among those
infected with new coronavirus - ABC News
Another ship, Holland
America's Westerdam isn't being allowed to dock in
Japan. Suspected virus patients are on board.
The Seattle-based spokeperson for this cruise ship
'denied anyone had the virus'. This ship
is near Ishigaki (an Okinawa outer island) and was seeking
another port. "Everyone is starting to
reject the ship and we are getting desperate,"
she said. "We hope we can go somewhere so that passengers
can land." There are more than 2,000 passengers on this
ship. This ship has been denied entry to ports in
Japan, the Philippines and Guam. The cruise ship
company is reporting that this ship is not in quarantine.
The World Dream cruise
ship of Dream Cruises is also under quarantine near Hong
Kong. 8 passengers have mild respiratory symptoms
and one had a fever. All are being tested. Three
people from a previous cruise tested positive.
The Costa Meralda, a
cruise ship in Europe, had a passenger become ill (a
Chinese national) . There were 7,000 passengers and
crew on board. They were not allowed to debark at
the port of Civitavecchia, near Rome. The passengers
were eventually allowed to disembark when the ill
passenger tested negative. The mayor of the
city denied debarkation until testing was completed.
Passengers
Allowed Off Ship at Italian Port After Virus Scare |
Newsmax.comhttps://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/coronavirus-italy-cruise-ship-costa-smeralda/2020/01/30/id/952065/
The Anthem of the Seas
obviously reported illness on board and caught the
attention of authorities and the CDC. The passengers
were allowed to disembark BEFORE testing was
completed. Hopefully, all will test negative.
No other cruises ships docking in the U.S. are currently
under quarantine.
I have not seen any other
cruise ships in the news...I expect there to be many more.
Finally, the news is
starting to cover the coronavirus! And finally, "The
director of the White House's Office of Science and
Technology Policy, in a letter to the National Academies
of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, requested that
scientific experts 'rapidly' look into the origins of the
virus..."
White
House asks scientists to investigate origins of
coronavirus - ABC News
This cornavirus will
continue to spread...with no peak in sight. Watch
how the different countries handle the spread of this -
very telling.
Our prayers go out for all
of those on these ships and those infected. May God
be with them.
Pray for the peace of
Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance