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By AI HEPING in New York | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-04-06 10:13 Share CLOSE FILE PHOTO: US Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings cruise ship Marina arrives at the Havana bay, Cuba March 9, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is loosening a major COVID-19 protocol for US cruise ships but still hasn t said when they will be able to resume sailing.
All staff and travelers aboard the ships should be vaccinated for COVID-19, but the cruise companies don t need to mandate vaccines to resume travel safely, the CDC said Monday.
Masks will be worn on board by staff and passengers, as well as at all US transportation hubs, including seaports and ferry terminals , the agency said.
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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has asked federal health authorities to let it sail from US ports starting July 4, the cruise line says its
vaccination requirement for passengers and crew is a precaution against Covid-19. It cannot have been a shock that Norwegian Cruise Line announced a vaccine requirement for all cruises departing from the US, and for
The third largest cruise line worldwide needs to sail, and adding the vaccinations to the onboard measures was a question of when not if one of the big three would require it.
That being said, the question is now when and if Carnival and Royal Caribbean might require the same for when U.S. cruises resume. Although confidence in the vaccines has been low early on in the process, the number of Americans willing to get a shot is growing ever larger.
Disney Cruise Line Cancels All U.S. Sailings Until July
Disney Cruise Line has extended its suspension on U.S. departures until July 2021. This impacts three cruise ships but not all hope is lost.
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Hope for a Disney cruise from the U.S. this summer is getting further away as the cruise line has now extended its suspension through June 2021. U.S. departures are now not expected to restart until July at the very earliest.
This comes after several new developments between the cruise industry and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).