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

Published on March 26, 2020

More than 800 cases of laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 cases occurred during outbreaks on three cruise ship voyages, and cases linked to several additional cruises have been reported across the United States.

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