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Coronavirus journey: The ‘last cruise ship on Earth’ finally comes home: By Owen Amos The MSC Magnifica’s world cruise was supposed to last 117 days, before being cut short SOURCE:-BBC The MSC Magnifica left Europe in January, and was in the other corner of the world when ports began to close. With nowhere to go, the Swiss-owned ship started the long journey home. Its passengers, used to a new port every few days, last felt land six weeks ago. On Monday those passengers will finally get off in Marseille, having last disembarked in Wellington. Their voyage has included political storms, presidential pleas, one death, and – despite it all – plenty of fun. When the Magnifica left Genoa, Italy, on 5 January, the world looked very different. The “unknown pneumonia”, as it was called, did not have a name. No one had died, the World Health Organization said, and just 59 ...