Journal article
The impact of the cruise ship Coral Princess on COVID-19 transmission in regional Western Australia in 2022
Journal of travel medicine, Vol.32(2), taae044
03/2025
PMID: 38470290
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Abstract
The cruise ship industry has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Australia, the Ruby Princess was subsequently linked to the largest number of COVID-19-positive passengers in 2020, with over 350 cases reported nationwide and a linked outbreak of 114 cases in Tasmania.1 Following this, Australia implemented a ban on cruise ship travel, with travel only reinstituted on 17 April 2022, 2 years later.2 Early research into the effects of cruise ships on COVID-19 transmission in Australia showed that by May 2020, cruise ship passengers made up 14.9% of COVID-19 cases in Australia and 27% of COVID-19-related deaths.3 Emerging hot spots of community
transmission in Sydney occurred during one to two incubation periods of two cruise ship events.(3).
Details
- Title
- The impact of the cruise ship Coral Princess on COVID-19 transmission in regional Western Australia in 2022
- Creators
- Ashley L. Quigley - UNSW SydneyMohana Kunasekaran - UNSW SydneyHaley Stone - UNSW SydneyDamian Honeyman - UNSW SydneyAdriana Notaras - UNSW SydneySamsung Lim - UNSW SydneyRaina Macintyre - UNSW Sydney
- Publication Details
- Journal of travel medicine, Vol.32(2), taae044
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 3
- Identifiers
- 991013376549902368
- Copyright
- © International Society of Travel Medicine 2024.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article