USA TODAY
As someone who spent most of the past year covering the cruise industry and its trials amid the COVID-19 pandemic, I took a particular interest in The Last Cruise, one of the first documentaries to be released about the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
The 40-minute film (★★★ out of four; will air on HBO March 30 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and will be available to stream on HBO Max), paints an intimate picture of what happened on Princess Cruises Diamond Princess cruise ship, which was quarantined off Yokohama, Japan, early in February 2020 after a former passenger tested positive for COVID-19. The case led to an outbreak of more than 700 cases and more than a dozen deaths.
UK cruise liner to require all passengers be vaccinated
ABCNews Saga Cruises, a U.K.-based cruise operator, announced it was requiring all passengers to have received the COVID-19 vaccine before embarking on a trip.
The cruise industry as a whole has grappled with multiple deadly outbreaks of the virus aboard ships since February 2020, and many cruise liners were forced to halt operations entirely amid the pandemic.
Saga Cruises vaccine requirement appears to be a first for major cruise operators. The company said it is moving the restart date for its cruises to May to allow time for more people to receive the vaccine.
Saga Cruises, a U.K.-based cruise operator, announced it was requiring all passengers to have received the COVID-19 vaccine before embarking on a trip.