The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lowered its health notice on cruise travel from Level 4, which recommends avoiding all travel, to Level 3, which encourages travelers to get fully vaccinated before traveling.
from Level 4, which recommends avoiding all travel, to Level 3, which encourages travelers to get fully vaccinated before traveling.Royal Caribbean postpones inaugural ship sailing after 8 crew members test positive for Covid-19"Since the virus spreads more easily between people in close quarters aboard ships, the chance of getting COVID-19 on cruise ships is high.
Linsey Marr, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, says that the CDC easing this travel warning reflects the country's current situation. However, Marr, who also studies the airborne transmission of Covid-19, gave an emphatic"no" when asked whether she'd recommend unvaccinated people go on cruises right now.
Each ship must either perform a trial cruise with volunteer passengers to test safety protocols in advance of welcoming paying passengers or sail with 95% of passengers and crew who are vaccinated.
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