From FoxBusiness.com…
The CDC sounded the alarm on cruises Thursday amid a surge in COVID-19 cases nationwide, raising its travelwarning to the highest level and telling Americans to “avoid cruise travel, regardless of vaccination status.”
“The virus that causes COVID-19 spreads easily between people in close quarters on board ships, and the chance of getting COVID-19 on cruise ships is very high, even if you are fully vaccinated and have received a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose,” the CDC wrote in its new advisory.
The federal government shut down cruises altogether at the beginning of the pandemic. Then in June, after 15 months of a no sail order, the CDC allowed cruise lines to restart trips under strict conditions.
Several dozen ships are currently being investigated by the CDC due to COVID-19 cases onboard, but the agency does not release the exact number of infections.
