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Quarantine measures for coronavirus disease 2019 on a cruise ship. To detect coronavirus disease 2019 early on an international cruise ship and prevent its spread, Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center implemented quarantine measures aboard a cruise ship docked at the port of Keelung, Taiwan, on February 8, 2020.

This paper will analyse the significance of infectious disease as an international issue and the legal responses to the issue in a maritime context. It will focus particularly on how the issue might impact on Kiribati and will suggest a way forward for Kiribati and other maritime nations in the South Pacific region.

This guide applies to the COVID-19 outbreak. The deployment requirements in this guide apply to the layout and configuration of spaces that may be used to isolate and segregate crew or passengers and shore personnel or guests. In addition, the Guide addresses the ventilation and interior areas of certain living and working spaces on marine or offshore assets.

This study was conducted within the European SHIPSAN (ship sanitation) project and aims at exploring the legislative framework and current practices related to surveillance of communicable diseases and response aboard passenger ships in Europe.

The study aims to assess the relevance of communicable disease occurrence on cargo ships. Outbreak reports and systematic studies mainly focus on disease activity on cruise ships.

The article provides guidance for large-scale monitoring of the progress and potential impacts of COVID-19 on vessel traffic, which could then affect the blue economy and ocean health. It quantifies and maps global changes in maritime traffic in the first half of 2020.

In this article provided a high-level overview of the US government and cruise ship industry’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a brief commentary on lessons learned, and recommendations for the cruise ship sector going forward. The outlined suggestions may be used as a starting point to increase emergency preparedness and to inform outbreak response plans in the event of future infectious disease outbreaks.

The aim of the study was to assess the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak in a COVID-19-free destination country (New Zealand) related to the departure of merchant ship crews that were infected before or on board the ship.

The article investigated COVID-19 outbreaks on ships anchored in Baía de Todos-os-Santos, Salvador, Brazil between February and November 2021.

The aim of this research is to determine the most common infectious risks/contagious diseases on ships. Estimating the threat from infectious diseases in seafarers depends on the type and trade of vessels. For COVID 19 and other respiratory infections, as well as food poisoning, risks are higher on cruise ships and passenger ships than on cargo ships.