Public Health Response to COVID-19 Among Travelers Disembarked From the <i>Grand Princess</i> Cruise Ship, March 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Cruise ship settings can facilitate transmission of respiratory infections. In March 2020, a COVID-19 outbreak occurred on the Grand Princess cruise ship. We describe the public health response, including a large-scale US federal quarantine intended to limit spread to communities not yet affected by COVID-19.

Methods

All US residents and symptomatic people requiring hospitalization disembarked beginning on March 9 and were transported to designated US military bases for federal quarantine or to hospitals or alternate care sites for medical care. Foreign nationals remained on board (crew) or were repatriated (passengers). People under federal quarantine were monitored daily for symptoms and tested voluntarily for SARS-CoV-2 upon arrival, as tests became avai

SUBMITTER: Chew Ng RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12170557 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature