One of the first ships to resume cruising is having a COVID outbreak

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At least 100,000 cruise ship crew members still stuck at sea: report
July 27, 2020

At least 100,000 cruise ship workers stay stuck at sea greater than two months after coronavirus crippled the trade — with many not even getting paid, in accordance with a report Sunday.

Following a sequence of infections onboard ships, the cruise trade first shut down operations on March 13, with most passengers managing to get onto dry land by early April.

However two months after the closure, greater than 100,000 crew are still stuck on ships still aimlessly cruising the seas ready for permission to return to their homelands, in accordance with an investigation by the Miami Herald.

Many will not be getting paid as a result of they’re now not formally working and US labor legal guidelines don’t apply to the businesses and ships registered overseas. Most additionally do not know when they’ll lastly be allowed by governments to dock after which ultimately make it house, the paper says.

And there are still risks, with 578 crew of assorted ships getting contaminated with COVID-19 at sea — at least seven fatally, the Herald stated.

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