Public Health Responses to COVID-19 Outbreaks on Cruise Ships — Worldwide, February–March 2020

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Moriarty, Leah F. ; Plucinski, Mateusz M. ; Marston, Barbara J. ; Kurbatova, Ekaterina V. ; Knust, Barbara ; Murray, Erin L. ; Pesik, Nicki ; Rose, Dale ; Fitter, David ; Kobayashi, Miwako ; Toda, Mitsuru ; Canty, Paul T. ; Scheuer, Tara ; Halsey, Eric S. ; Cohen, Nicole J. ; Stockman, Lauren ; Wadford, Debra A. ; Medley, Alexandra M. ; Green, Gary ; Regan, Joanna J. ; Tardivel, Kara ; White, Stefanie ; Brown, Clive ; Morales, Christina ; Yen, Cynthia ; Wittry, Beth ; Freeland, Amy ; Naramore, Sara ; Novak, Ryan T. ; Daigle, David ; Weinberg, Michelle ; Acosta, Anna ; Herzig, Carolyn ; Kapella, Bryan K ; Jacobson, Kathleen R. ; Lamba, Katherine ; Ishizumi, Atsuyoshi ; Sarisky, John ; Svendsen, Erik ; Blocher, Tricia ; Wu, Christine ; Charles, Julia ; Wagner, Riley ; Stewart, Andrea ; Mead, Paul S. ; Kurylo, Elizabeth ; Campbell, Stefanie ; Murray, Rachel ; Weidle, Paul ; Cetron, Martin ; Friedman, Cindy R. ; Behravesh, Casey Barton ; Bjork, Adam ; Bower, William ; Bozio, Catherine ; Braden, Zachary ; Bertulfo, Mary Catherine ; Chatham-Stephens, Kevin ; Chu, Victoria ; Cooper, Barbara ; Dooling, Kathleen ; Dubray, Christine ; Curren, Emily ; Honein, Margaret A. ; Ivey, Kathryn ; Jones, Jefferson ; Kadzik, Melissa ; Knight, Nancy ; Marlow, Mariel ; McColloch, Audrey ; McDonald, Robert ; Klevos, Andrew ; Poser, Sarah ; Rinker, Robin A. ; Ritter, Troy ; Rodriguez, Luis ; Ryan, Matthew ; Schneider, Zachary ; Shockey, Caitlin ; Shugart, Jill ; Silver, Margaret ; Smith, Paul W. ; Tobolowsky, Farrell ; Treffiletti, Aimee ; Wallace, Megan ; Yoder, Jonathan ; Barry, Pennan ; Berumen, Ricardo ; Bregman, Brooke ; Campos, Kevin ; Chai, Shua ; Glenn-Finer, Rosie ; Guevara, Hugo ; Hacker, Jill ; Hsieh, Kristina ; Morris, Mary Kate ; Murphy, Ryan ; Myers, Jennifer F. ; Padilla, Tasha ; Pan, Chao-Yang ; Readhead, Adam ; Saguar, Estela ; Salas, Maria ; Snyder, Robert E. ; Vugia, Duc ; Watt, James ; Wong, Cindy ; Acosta, Meileen ; Davis, Shai ; Kapuszinsky, Beatrix ; Matyas, Bela ; Miller, Glen ; Ntui, Asundep ; Richards, Jayleen
• Corporate Authors:
  CDC Cruise Ship Response Team ; California Department of Public Health COVID-19 Team ; Solano County COVID-19 Team
• Description:
  An estimated 30 million passengers are transported on 272 cruise ships Worldwide each year* (1). Cruise ships bring diverse populations into proximity for many days, facilitating Transmission of respiratory illness (2). SARS-CoV-2, the Virus that causes coronaVirus disease (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has since spread Worldwide to at least 187 countries and territories. Widespread COVID-19 Transmission on cruise ships has been reported as well (3). Passengers on certain cruise ship voyages might be aged ≥65 years, which places them at greater risk for severe consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection (4). During February-March 2020, COVID-19 outbreaks associated with three cruise ship voyages have caused more than 800 laboratory-confirmed cases among passengers and crew, including 10 deaths. Transmission occurred across multiple voyages of several ships. This report describes public health responses to COVID-19 outbreaks on these ships. COVID-19 on cruise ships poses a risk for rapid spread of disease, causing outbreaks in a vulnerable population, and aggressive efforts are required to contain spread. All persons should defer all cruise travel Worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged BetacoronaVirus CoronaVirus Infections COVID-19 Disease Outbreaks Female Full Report Global Health Humans Male Middle Aged Pneumonia, Viral Public Health Practice Risk Factors SARS-CoV-2 Ships Travel-Related Illness

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 69(12):347-352
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  32214086
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7725517
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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