More than 200,000 cruise ship workers have been stranded on ships for 2 months due to the COVID-19 outbreak. While companies work through a thicket of shifting rules on returning workers to their home countries, recent deaths of crew have shook the industry and underscored concern about mental health. Carnival Corp.’s Princess Cruises said Sunday a 39-year-old crew member from the Ukraine was killed after leaping off its Regal Princess in the port of Rotterdam.
See "Cruise Ship Workers Left at Sea", K. Oanh Ha and Jonathan Levin, Financial Post, May 18, 2020