Coronavirus: Club cover and contracts of carriage Home / News / Advice / Coronavirus: Club cover and contracts of carriage Advice, Loss Prevention Coronavirus: Club cover and contracts of carriage 30 April, 2020   Coronavirus: Club cover and contracts of carriage By: Birgitta Hed , Senior Claims Manager, P&I, Chair of the Personal Injury Subcommittee of the International Group of P&I Clubs and member of the IG COVID-19 Working Group and James Mackay , Claims Executive Consultant This Guide discusses questions of Club cover and contracts of carriage in various scenarios based on general enquiries concerning the Coronavirus pandemic. Link to: Legal issues in relation to charterparties are discussed in our FD&D Guide. Please note that in all scenarios reference to Club cover is always subject to the specific terms of entry (including deductible) for the entered vessel and the merits of each individual case. 1.   There is an outbreak of Coronavirus amongst the crew on board the Member’s vessel. The Member is covered for the liability which it incurs under the crew contracts to pay damages or compensation for the illness or death from the infection of any member of the crew of the entered vessel, including costs for hospital medical and repatriation, funeral or other expenses incurred in relation to any infected crew member who is on board the entered vessel or proceeding to or from that vessel under a contract in force. Reasonable disinfection costs of the entered vessel are also covered as well as additional costs or expenses incurred by the Member as a consequence of an infectious disease such as Coronavirus. Cover will not be engaged, however, for costs incurred as a result of mere suspicion of infection or routine precautionary measures if there has not been an outbreak of the disease on board the entered vessel. These are regarded as operational costs. There is also cover for a crew member who contracts Coronavirus in transit to join the