Celebrity Cruises Hit With Class Suit By Crew Over Lack Of Coronavirus Protection

(April 20, 2020, 12:43 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — Celebrity Cruises Inc. has failed to follow basic safety precautions such as social distancing and mask wearing for crew members still aboard its ships and has instead allowed those workers to eat in buffet settings and participate in crew parties, all while knowing that the novel coronavirus likely was present on the ships, a crewmember who allegedly contracted COVID-19 while aboard Celebrity Apex alleges in an April 14 class complaint filed in a federal court in Florida (Alexandra Nedeltcheva, et al. v. Celebrity Cruises Inc., No. 20-21569, S.D. Fla.)....