The Ruby Princess has finally departed San Francisco Bay for Alaska three days late and with 600 fewer people than initially planned.
The embattled cruise ship set sail Sunday afternoon for a truncated seven-day voyage to Alaska, ending a tumultuous few days anchored to a San Francisco dock.
Its passenger roster dropped from 3,256 on Thursday to 2,677 Sunday when it left for the pared-down voyage. Ex // Top Stories How Detroit indie group Bonny Doon captures California sound The indie pop group Bonny Doon will play at Swedish American Hall on Thursday after surviving years of adversity But the cruise liner has had a checkered history in San Francisco during the pandemic. Here’s a timeline of events, all of which occurred over a four-month span at the beginning of last year:
March 2022: Two months later, the Ruby Princess returned to San Francisco’s shores with 73 positive COVID cases after a 15-day cruise to the Panama Canal. In a statement to multiple outlets, cruise officials said the cases were all “asymptomatic or only mildly symptomatic,” and the sick people were “isolated and quarantined, while monitored and cared for'' by the ship’s medical team.
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