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Shares of cruise lines including Royal Carribean were trading higher on Thursday after the Centers for Disease Control said Americans could relax and party on the high seas again as soon as this July – if they are fully vaccinated.
Cruising from U.S. ports could restart in mid-summer in American waters, the CDC said late Wednesday in a letter to the cruise industry obtained by USA Today.
“We acknowledge that cruising will never be a zero-risk activity and that the goal of the (Conditional Sailing Order)’s phased approach is to resume passenger operations in a way that mitigates the risk of COVID-19 transmission onboard cruise ships and across port communities,” Aimee Treffiletti, head of the Maritime Unit for CDC’s COVID-19 response within its Global Mitigation Task Force for COVID-19, said in the letter.
CDC says U.S. cruises could resume in mid-July
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Report: Cruises could restart in July
Summer could see the return of cruises from U.S. ports, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. - Summer could see the return of cruises from U.S. ports, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC announced that cruises could possibly resume in mid-July, ending a months-long No Sail order. We acknowledge that cruising will never be a zero-risk activity and that the goal of the CSO’s phased approach is to resume passenger operations in a way that mitigates the risk of COVID-19 transmission onboard cruise ships and across port communities, Aimee Treffiletti, head of the Maritime Unit for CDC’s COVID-19 response within its Global Mitigation Task Force for COVID-19, said in the letter obtained by USA Today.
Cruises could resume out of Seattle this summer
Cruise ship on the Seattle waterfront. (Photo by Chris on Unsplash)
Cruise ships could return to the Seattle waterfront this summer.
In a letter to USA TODAY, the Centers for Disease Control said the industry could resume as early as summer with a phased approach.
“We acknowledge that cruising will never be a zero-risk activity and that the goal of the CSO’s phased approach is to resume passenger operations in a way that mitigates the risk of COVID-19 transmission onboard cruise ships and across port communities,” Aimee Treffiletti, head of the Maritime Unit for CDC’s COVID-19 response within its Global Mitigation Task Force for COVID-19, said in the letter.
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