Coronavirus: What will happen to cruise ships and crew as the pandemic continues?

Simon Calder answers your questions on the fast-moving situation

Of all the travel industry, the cruise business is arguably suffering most intensely (Getty)

Q Given that cruise lines are cancelling their immediate future programmes, where are the ships going to go, and what is to happen to crew?

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A As the coronavirus crisis has unfolded, the entire travel industry has taken a beating – but the cruise business is arguably suffering most intensely. But the outbreak of Covid-19 has devastated the short- and long-term prospects for cruising.