The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its travel notice on Wednesday warning Americans not to embark on cruise ships to an extent that could help the cruise line industry recover. of the billion dollars in losses incurred during the Coronavirus pandemic.
The CDC first warned Americans to stay off cruises in 2020 during the height of the health crisis. The health agency said this last year Proximity to vessels could allow COVID-19 to spread quickly, increasing the risk of passengers and crew becoming infected. As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 began to spread across the United States last year, the CDC urged Americans to avoid cruise travel.
“While cruising will always involve some risk of COVID-19 transmission, travelers will make their own risk assessment when choosing to travel on a cruise, as they do in all other travel environments,” the CDC said in a statement. a statement.
The industry group Cruise Lines International Association said the CDC’s measure “recognizes the effective public health measures in place on cruise ships and is beginning to equalize the playing field, between cruise ships and similarly located ground locations, for the first time. once since March 2020 “.
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