A Post review found the coronavirus affected travelers on 55 cruise ships and killed at least 65 people who traveled or worked on the ships, though the full scope is unknown wapo.st/2S79TxP
With hundreds of people dining, swimming and dancing together over a sustained period of time, cruises provide unique environments for disease to spread, public health experts say wapo.st/2S79TxP
The cruise industry’s decision to keep sailing for weeks after the virus was first detected was among a number of decisions that health experts and passengers say contributed to the mounting toll wapo.st/2S79TxP
Even as the virus exploded into a global story, cruise officials failed to immediately recognize flu-like outbreaks as possible signs of the coronavirus, passengers said wapo.st/2S79TxP
Those aboard the Celebrity Eclipse and the Coral Princess said they were reassured by company officials there was no coronavirus infection on their ships — even as some travelers were wracked with fevers and coughs wapo.st/2S79TxP
