People who tested positive for Covid-19 on board were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms of the disease.
A Royal Caribbean cruise ship returned to the Port of Miami with more than 40 passengers and crew with covid-19, of which 98% were fully vaccinated, the company reported to various local media.
The 44 people who tested positive for covid-19 carried out on board were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms of the disease and were quarantined and treated during the trip, according to the company.
The Symphony of the Seas set sail from Miami on December 11 with 6,091 passengers, of which 95% had the complete vaccination schedule, for a one-week trip.
Royal Caribbean He recalled that he requires his crews to be vaccinated in full and also undergo weekly tests, while, to board, passengers over 12 years of age must also be fully vaccinated and present a negative test.
According to the company, future planned voyages for the Symphony of the Seas they will not be affected by what happened.
In a statement to USA Today, a Royal Caribbean spokeswoman, Lyan Sierra-Caro, also said that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) detected a case of the omicron variant of covid-19 in a passenger who traveled on that ship in early December.
The CDC asked that everyone who they had reservations to travel on the Symphony of the Seas and so it was done.
According to the CDC website, shipping companies operating in the US notified 1,359 cases of covid-19, one of them fatal, between June 26 and October 21, in compliance with the so-called Conditions Ordinance for Navigation (CSO).
The CDC underscored that there have been several cases of passenger with symptoms that do not communicate it to the companies cruise ship during embarkation or refused to do so while on the ship.
Cruises are one of the sectors most affected by the pandemic In the US Given the number of infections registered on board these ships, for more than a year they could not navigate from the country’s ports, which caused millions in losses to shipping companies. (I)
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