Thousands are confined to their cabins on the Diamond Princess, docked in Japan, and some fear the quarantine is putting them at risk.
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Jump in Coronavirus Cases on Ship Poses a Critical Test for Japan
The country is scrambling to prevent a larger outbreak even as it prepares for the Tokyo Olympics.
‘I Keep Hearing Painful Coughs’: Life on Quarantined Cruise Ship
More than 60 cases of the new coronavirus were found on the Diamond Princess ship as Japanese health officials screened the passengers. They even let people outside for a bit.
Trapped on a Cruise Ship by the Coronavirus: When Is Breakfast?
A two-week quarantine has left Masako Ishida and hundreds of others dealing with inconveniences and trying to figure out how to pass the time.
Cruise Passengers Are Held at Italian Port in False Alarm Over Coronavirus
For an entire day, passengers on the cruise ship were blocked from disembarking after a woman onboard became sick. She did not have the disease, but Italy did identify its first two cases in Rome.
How We Picked the 2020 ‘Places to Go’ List
There are so many places in the world, and only 52 spots. How do we choose? (Do you know all the synonyms for “argue”?)
One Carnival Cruise Ship Hits Another, Injuring 6
The Carnival Glory crashed into the Carnival Legend while “maneuvering to dock” in Cozumel, Mexico, a spokeswoman for the cruise line said.
Why Were Tourists Allowed to Visit an Active New Zealand Volcano?
Visitors were allowed to tour the mouth of the White Island volcano despite recent warnings about bursts of gas and steam.
Guido Badano, Officer in the Andrea Doria Crash, Dies at 92
Mr. Badano scrambled to rescue passengers and fellow crew members when two ocean liners collided in 1956, resulting in the deaths of 51 people.
A Nile Journey Guided by 19th-Century Women
In the late 1800s, women explorers sailed the Nile, sending back vivid accounts of Egypt’s riches. A 21st-century writer travels in their wake.