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The cruise ship Diamond Princess has been in the headlines. PETER FROST takes a closer look at the whole holiday cruise-ship business
The Diamond Princess

THE Diamond Princess cruise liner has been in the headlines lately, after some passengers and crew were suspected of having the coronavirus, Covid-19. 

Ironically, many of the news reports will have been interspersed with idyllic adverts for luxurious cruising holidays. 

The Diamond Princess’s 3,711 passengers and crew were quarantined by the Japanese authorities. Passengers with confirmed cases were taken ashore for treatment. Two have died, but most have now returned to their home countries. 

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