How safe are cruise ships from the coronavirus?

In early February, a man tested positive for Covid-19 after disembarking from this ship, the Diamond Princess. The ship was quarantined immediately after arriving in Japanese waters a few days later. More than 3700 passengers and crew members were on board. 700 of them soon sickened with the coronavirus

Floating for two weeks: passenger describes life onboard cruise ship refused to port

Thailand has become the fifth country to deny the MS Westerdam permission to dock over fears that some of its more than 2,000 passengers and crew may be infected with the new coronavirus. A passenger describes life onboard, with no cases of the virus yet found

Coronavirus: Living in quarantine on a cruise ship

David Abel is one of 3,700 people in quarantine aboard a cruise ship docked near Yokohama, Japan.

Ten people who tested have positive for coronavirus have been taken off the ship and to hospital, but everyone else must remain on board the Diamond Princess.