“A cruise ship full of thousands of tourists is quarantined in a harbor as a contagious virus makes its way around the 17-deck luxury ship infecting new passengers daily. That might be a slightly Netflix-ified version of what’s currently underway in Japan, but only slightly.” Slate: Passengers Face Daily Worry Quarantined Aboard Luxury Cruise Ship Over Coronavirus. There are four cruise ships trapped by the virus, and there are 135 cases on the ship mentioned in the story above (even normal cruises seem like nightmare, this is truly travel hell). Meanwhile, 97 people were killed by the virus in one day. Here’s the latest on Coronavirus from CNN.