Tourism & Cruises

Do you know of a coronavirus case linked to a cruise ship? Help us fill in the gaps.

People inside Carnival Corporation’s Rotterdam cruise ship look out their windows as the ship docks at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 2, 2020. It arrived with the Zaandam cruise ship, which experienced a COVID-19 outbreak that left several people dead.

The Miami Herald determined that thousands of passengers and crew members have contracted the coronavirus on cruise ships.

But there are likely many more cases we don’t know about. (Click here for the latest numbers.)

That’s because public health officials and the cruise industry aren’t comprehensively tracking cases and sharing data with the public. To build its database, the Herald is relying on fragmented reports from government agencies, cruise companies, news stories — and readers like you. All information will be verified by our reporters.

If you or someone you know got COVID-19 within 14 days of being on a cruise, we want to hear from you. Fill out the secure form below and we’ll be in touch as soon as possible.

Can’t view the form? Click here.

See the Herald’s COVID-Cruises data for information regarding cases tied to specific voyages and ships.

See our full methodology here.

This story was originally published April 23, 2020 at 12:01 PM.

Taylor Dolven
Miami Herald
Taylor Dolven is a business journalist who has covered the tourism industry at the Miami Herald since 2018. Her reporting has uncovered environmental violations of cruise companies, the impact of vacation rentals on affordable housing supply, safety concerns among pilots at MIA’s largest cargo airline and the hotel industry’s efforts to delay a law meant to protect workers from sexual harassment.
Nicholas Nehamas
Miami Herald
Nicholas Nehamas is an investigative reporter at the Miami Herald, where he was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that broke the Panama Papers in 2016. He and his Herald colleagues were also named Pulitzer finalists in 2019 for the series “Dirty Gold, Clean Cash.” In 2023, he shared in a Polk Award for coverage of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant flights. He is the co-author of two books: “The Grifter’s Club: Trump, Mar-a-Lago, and the Selling of the Presidency” and “Dirty Gold: The Rise and Fall of an International Smuggling Ring.” He joined the Herald in 2014. Support my work with a digital subscription
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