CDC approves test sail for Royal Caribbean cruise line, the first as COVID-19 cases drop
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MIAMI - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given the green light for Royal Caribbean to conduct a test sail as the cruise industry looks to rebound from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. CDC has provisionally approved one cruise ship from Royal Caribbean to begin simulated voyages in June, following a request to conduct a simulated voyage and the submission of an accurate and complete port agreement, the agency said in a statement to FOX Television Stations Wednesday.
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This announcement comes after over a year of no cruising from US waters amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, Celebrity s proof of vaccination policy violates Florida s ban on vaccine passports, the state says.
Brighter days are ahead for a cruise industry that s been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic: Royal Caribbean s Celebrity Cruises will resume sailing next month from Florida, the cruise line announced on Wednesday. For the past 15 months our conversations with friends and loved ones about seeing the world have been accompanied by the phrase someday, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, Celebrity Cruises president and CEO, said in a press release. And now, someday is here, Lutoff-Perlo tweeted on Wednesday.
The CEO of the Royal Caribbean Cruises said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has approved a test sail in U.S. waters for the company, the first to do so in the industry.