A Royal Caribbean-owned cruise line just announced a vaccine requirement. These are all the cruise lines that will require COVID-19 vaccinations for guests and crew. bchang@businessinsider.com (Brittany Chang)
The return of cruising still remains in limbo for many cruise lines.
Companies including Royal Caribbean and Norwegian have announced vaccine requirements.
These are all the cruise lines that have COVID-19 vaccine requirements for guests or crew.
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Last year, cruise ships that were mid-trip began facing COVID-19 related turmoils as the virus began trickling around the world, leaving passengers stuck, infected, or dead. Shortly after, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a no-sail order, which was later replaced by its Framework for Conditional Sailing Order, a compilation of protocols needed for cruising to resume again by November 1.
Good news for cruises?
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is optimistic that cruises can resume by mid-summer, as operators struggle to stay afloat one year after sailing was shut down due to coronavirus concerns. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg takes a question from a reporter at a press briefing at the White House on April 9 in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Buttigieg shared the CDC’s latest stance during a White House press briefing on Friday. According to an official transcript, a reporter asked the secretary to comment on concerns from cruise industry leaders that the CDC s most recent technical guidance under the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO) was much more ambiguous than the regulations for commercial airlines to fly during this time.
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Weekly Cruise News: April 10, 2021
All the latest cruise news from the week as we continue to follow the cruise industry vs. the CDC to allow cruises to restart along with even more U.S. suspensions.
Apr 10, 2021
Here we go with another full week of cruise news updates covering all the major cruise lines and even that massive news coming from Florida.
Cruise News Update
There have been several new developments from the week as the State of Florida fights for cruises to reopen and the cruise industry continues its calls for the CDC to lift the Conditional Sailing Order.
In addition to all that drama, there have been so many cruise news updates with extended suspensions from Carnival Cruise line, Royal Caribbean, Virgin Voyages, and Disney Cruise Line along with a continued shift to homeports outside the U.S.