That article and whole thing make me rightout laugh, I mean, talking in nowadays times about things like "cursed" etc., I thought we are past those times of supersittion and dumbness.
Starters-troubles with new Cunard ships, well such can be read about many ships, but with most ships, those things simply don't make it to the news and are silently solved in shipyards and cause folks at shipping-companies grinding teeth, untill all runs smoth, which in most cases, will happen, even with ships that are prone to some starting-problems. But why not just keep cool and realize, that such simply happens, not just with cruiseships but make such a nuisance out of it, which is actually typical for the British press.
As well, the virus, we have it here in the company in Switzerland as well, many people in a huge building and together every day, and more than usual on sick-leave, as well news talk about same in schools and such, so as described above, semi-closed areas, a cruisship is prone too, but WHY THE HELL make such a big fuzz about it, or even blaming a person for this ? Incubation time for that is 15-50 hours as far as I read, and the poor ones who ever brought it onboard, might not have been aware and had imagined the cruise to start in a better way.
"shakes head" - as this is all what I can do, about what the news make of this incident.