More than two dozen cases of Covid-19 have been detected among crew and passengers aboard a Carnival cruise ship, according to the Belize Tourism Board
a news release from the tourism board saidBelize tourism officials met virtually with Carnival Vista officials on Tuesday to discuss the situation before passengers disembarked in Belize City.
Carnival said in a statement that it is managing a"small number" of Covid cases on the current Carnival Vista voyage but declined to specify exactly how many.was also reported by the cruise line on the previous sailing of Carnival Vista out of Galveston, Texas. That prompted the company to institute its new fleet-wide mask rule for all passengers in certain indoor spaces a few days early on that Carnival Vista sailing.
The Belize Tourism Board noted that additional protocols, including the use of N95 masks by crew and the closure of crew social areas, were implemented aboard the current voyage.
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