My father in law was on the princess cruise quarantined off the coast of Japan.
He travelled to japan the first few days of January, before we had heard of the coronavirus. He boarded a princess cruise with his wife. A few weeks later a passenger disembarked their ship in Hong Kong to go to the hospital and they discovered he had the coronavirus. At that point they had 40 confirmed and 200 with a fever. Last week it was at 560. More cases than anywhere outside of China
Princess cruises paid for the quarantine. All passengers on the ship received full credit. But also remember that most passengers now DO NOT have medical insurance. We planned for my 67 year old father in law to have medical insurance for 1.5 extra weeks as a just in case risk well travelling. Well it lapsed. The insurance company refused to renew. Not sure what would happen here if he did test positive.
He has tested negative along with his wife so he was picked up by a Canadian plane on Friday last I heard. He was to be taken to a hospital in Ontario for testing again (we are from B.C.). When he passes he will be moved to a military base for another 2 weeks for an additional quarantine. Once he returns home he will quarantine again in his home for 2 more weeks.
It's all really crazy. We've had to get a lawyer. And to kens comment i get that it's all a risk of travelling but there were some major issues that arose. The crew members were put at major risk. Not given any protective wear. Many elderly people have had go to weeks without medications they require. My father in law was sent on a cargo plane with no heating with no jacket at 67 years old.
And it shows how unstable cruises are for viruses like this. I took my son on 2 cruises under 2. He got a full blown flu on both.
He travelled to japan the first few days of January, before we had heard of the coronavirus. He boarded a princess cruise with his wife. A few weeks later a passenger disembarked their ship in Hong Kong to go to the hospital and they discovered he had the coronavirus. At that point they had 40 confirmed and 200 with a fever. Last week it was at 560. More cases than anywhere outside of China
Princess cruises paid for the quarantine. All passengers on the ship received full credit. But also remember that most passengers now DO NOT have medical insurance. We planned for my 67 year old father in law to have medical insurance for 1.5 extra weeks as a just in case risk well travelling. Well it lapsed. The insurance company refused to renew. Not sure what would happen here if he did test positive.
He has tested negative along with his wife so he was picked up by a Canadian plane on Friday last I heard. He was to be taken to a hospital in Ontario for testing again (we are from B.C.). When he passes he will be moved to a military base for another 2 weeks for an additional quarantine. Once he returns home he will quarantine again in his home for 2 more weeks.
It's all really crazy. We've had to get a lawyer. And to kens comment i get that it's all a risk of travelling but there were some major issues that arose. The crew members were put at major risk. Not given any protective wear. Many elderly people have had go to weeks without medications they require. My father in law was sent on a cargo plane with no heating with no jacket at 67 years old.
And it shows how unstable cruises are for viruses like this. I took my son on 2 cruises under 2. He got a full blown flu on both.
