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While restaurants and other shipboard locations were closed, passengers were able to watch TV and use the internet, or if they were lucky enough to have one, go outside on their balcony overlooking the water. Milton, who studies the spread of virus particles in the air, said recirculating air on a cruise ship's ventilation system, along with people living in close quarters and in communal settings, make the vessels vulnerable to the spread of infection.A Purdue University air quality expert said cruise ship air conditioning systems are not designed to filter out particles as small as the coronavirus.
Princess officials said the new protocols include asking all new passengers to sign a health declaration, and temperature screenings as passengers leave. Anyone coming from a "high-risk area is also undergoing a medical evaluation," Dr. Grant Tarling, chief medical officer for Carnival Corporation, told reporters.
"We need to get the ship into a port as soon as possible," said Jan Swartz, group president of Princess Cruises and Carnival Australia.
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