The Diamond Princess cruise ship returned to sea on Sunday for the first time since experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, an event that prompted the global shutdown of the cruise industry.
USA Today reported that the ship, which is owned by Princess Cruises, departed its new home port of San Diego for a week-long embarkation bound for Mexico. The ship was founded in Japan before the pandemic.
In a press release, Princess Cruises said the shipment would also embark on a number of other itineraries through February 2023. This includes stops along the coast of California, the Hawaiian Islands, and Central America.
It’s the first time the Diamond Princess has welcomed passengers since a major outbreak on the ship in Japan in February 2020 put COVID-19 risks on the map. The New York Times reported in the past on the devastating effects of the virus on shipping passengers. The outbreak reportedly began with only one inflamed user addressing the shipment; the following month, more than 700 of the other 3711 people aboard the Diamond Princess were sick.
The immediate spread of the virus forced others on board to quarantine for nearly a month, as COVID-19 continued to wreak havoc on shipping. One Japanese scientist described quarantine situations as “completely insufficient in terms of infection control. “that there was no difference between infected and infection-free areas, saying the shipment “violates all infection control principles. “
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