Two Politicians Urge CDC to Strictly Enforce Conditional Sailing Order
Politicians urge the CDC to strictly enforce its Framework for Conditional Sailing Order and to halt cruises if outbreaks occur.
Apr 15, 2021
In a letter to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, two politicians have urged to strictly enforce the Conditional Sailing Order (CSO) if any new outbreaks occur on cruise ships.
This comes after growing calls for the CSO to be lifted by July 4 from state officials, cruise lines, and ports. Cruise lines have even proved their case that cruises can resume safely. However, there is another side of this, with some calling for strict enforcement on cruises.
Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan on Tuesday introduced a bill that aims to allow cruises to operate in U.S. ports in 2021 by replacing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s conditional sailing order on cruise ships with guidance that would be produced by an interagency work group.
Sullivan sponsored the bill, the Careful Resumption Under Improved Safety Enhancements Act, with Florida Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott.
The bill would have the CDC revoke the Conditional Sailing Order it issued in October, and replace it with guidance that would be developed by representatives from the U.S. departments of Health and Social Services, Transportation, Commerce and Homeland Security as well as âindustry stakeholders,â according to the text of the bill. The guidance provided by the work group would be aimed at allowing cruise ships to resume sailings by July 4.
Submits Reminder Letter to CDC on Proposal to Lift Conditional Sailing Order and Resume Cruising from U.S. Ports Starting July 4
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MIAMI, April 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (“Norwegian” or “the Company”) (NYSE: NCLH), a leading global cruise company which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands, today sent a reminder letter to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) requesting a response to the Company’s previously submitted plan to resume cruise operations from U.S. ports in July. This comprehensive plan includes the Company’s multi-layered SailSAFE Health and Safety Program developed in conjunction with globally recognized experts, including the Healthy Sail Panel (“HSP”), co-c
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As Canada’s immunization campaign finally sets into full swing after months of delays, the promise of a summer free of the worry of being infected with COVID-19 draws tantalizingly closer and with it, the question of where to take that first post-pandemic vacation.
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