More COVID-19-Related Deaths and Major Illnesses After Super-Spreader Cruises on MSC Virtuosa (Virusosa?) – Cruise Law News

Social media continues to document additional deaths and major illnesses arising from COVID-19 exposure on the MSC Virtuosa which concluded its sailing this summer from the United Kingdon. Two week ago, in articles titled COVID-19 Aboard MSC Virtuosa and Passenger Dies After Super-Spreader COVID-19 Cruise on MSC Virtuosa, we reported that there were arround 75 to 100 guests, on the MSC cruise ship, who contracted COVID-19 during a series of cruises from the U.K. We also reported, based on information from crew members on the ship, that there have been around 25 to 50 crew members who are positive for COVID-19 as well.

The number of infected guests increased initially to 165, notwithstanding MSCs promises of social distancing and constant cleaning and sanitation which would, somehow, magically tranform the ship into a safe bubble.

66 confirmed cabins tested positive from @MSC_Cruises_UK virtuosa outbreak so far & counting! Deck plan compiled stewards must be isolated some cabins next to each other! No answers to emails! No on ship trackandtrace as promised! Safe bubble? @dailyecho @DailyMailUK @LivEchonews pic.twitter.com/aqCM2AYMGo

Ani James (@anijames) September 13, 2021

@MSC_Cruises_UK there was no social distancing during my parents and father in law's cruise. After being indoors for nearly 18 months, they only booked because of your advert and the admin reiterating it was safe. Now, all three of them are very ill with Covid. @LivEchonews pic.twitter.com/mBB0ZZgCgm

Sharon Woods (@sharonmariewood) September 9, 2021

Twitter and Facebook remain abuzz with unanswered complaints from cruise passengers who became sickened with the virus. Guests have continued to complain that the ship, marketed by the cruise line as providing a safe, virus-free bubble of a cruise, has been operating at a crowded capactiy with guests not wearing masks or socially distancing.

A private Facebook group, organized for people who have been infected with COVID-19, has now beeen joined by around around 232 infected guests (involving 93 cabins with average of 2.5 guests per cabin). Since we last reported on the fiasco, there have been at least two deaths of passengers (in addition to the deaths we peviously reported) due to COVID-19, as well as several cases of serious illnesses of guests requiring emergency medical treatment and hospitalization.

These are all unofficial disease figures because MSC steadfastly refuses to act responsibly and respond to numerous ongoing complaints from its customers. Former guests have connected on Twitter and Faceebook to determine the extent of the COVID outbreak.

My mum died on Monday 20th after contracting COVID on MSC Virtuosa..

Pete Turnbull (@PeteTurnbull72) September 23, 2021

We tested positive after being on the Virtuosa lots of others too. One FB group has identified 93 cabins with pax positive on board, or within a few days. Still waiting a response from @MSC_Cruises_UK. Bet you didnt talk about that!

KT (@k8tpoo) September 19, 2021

Sadly another lady passed away today from our FB group we set up for people who caught covid on the ship she was on the late the august sailing also. She put a big fight up in hospital. MSC s lack of response is what is so disgusting. Actually saying their protocols were fine

Fifegirl (@PReidie) September 21, 2021

The latest from the MSC Virtuosa super-spreader #cruise: "Disabled Scots pensioner and wife fall seriously ill on Covid-hit cruise after death of passenger" via @Daily_Record https://t.co/fnkg4dFY7b @MSC_Cruises_UK What's the total number of infected, ill or dead at this point? pic.twitter.com/lLM7FM6jfy

James (Jim) Walker (@CruiseLaw) September 21, 2021

@MSC_Cruises_UK @MSCCruises_PR @CruiseIndustry @CruiseIndustry MSC still wons respond to any of their passengers who got covid end of August sailing. This is the deck I was on, just a few of us detective work 21 cabins on one deck with covid heading for 200 infected!!!! pic.twitter.com/0wW5QmztZd

Fifegirl (@PReidie) September 20, 2021

Passenger tested positive for the #covid virus the day before they were due to disembark MSC Virtuosa #SuperSpreader #cruise operated by @MSC_Cruises_UK / @MSCCruises_PR https://t.co/bLTgxI780O

5WA Robert Neff (@5wa) September 22, 2021

Meanwhile, the corporate offices of MSC have remained mum, ignoring its customers and speaking only to spread disinformation. MSC claims that the summer season sailing from the U.K. has been a success and its COVID protocls worked well. MSC managing director Antonio Paradiso stated at a conference at sea organized by the Institute of Travel & Tourism (ITT) that weve supported the whole travel industry as UK cruises have given travel agents the chance to start selling something again. Round-UK cruises have been a real success story this summer.

Ironically the travel conference was held on the crowded MSC Virtuosa, and was touted by the ITT as our first in-person event since March 2020 due to the pandemic. MSC Director Paradiso talked to the conference attendees on the cruise ship, not about operating smaller and safer ships, but about Rebuilding Our Industry Bigger and Stronger.

Ben Bouldin, a representative of the cruise trade goup for the industry, CLIA-UK, appeared at the conference on the infected cruise ship. He bizarely represented that the cruise industrys health protocols were absolutely working.

Chair of @CLIAUK Ben Bouldin said the figure demonstrated health protocols were absolutely working since #cruise operations restarted domestically in Mayhttps://t.co/8jHOSV0vWA

TTG (@TTGMedia) September 16, 2021

CLIA also makes the preposterous claim that there were only 50 COVID-19 cases, out of the 100,000 or so guests from the U.K., on cruise ships operated by all of its member cruise lines over the past several months this last summer. In light of the fact that there were well over 200 guests infected on the MSC Virtuosa alone over just the last couple of cruises, such an allegation is not only absurd but shows the extent that cruise lines and their trade organization will manipulate the data to try and bamboozle the public. CLIA and the cruise lines have lied about such COVID-19 data in the past (falsely claiming that cruise ships in Europe and Asia carried over 400,000 guests with less than 50 COVID cases.)

Perhaps the appropriate name associated with the MSC Virtuosa shold be the MSC Virusosa.

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