Despite outbreaks on cruise ships and omicron’s rise, the CDC does not plan to shut down sailing.
Some lines, including Carnival, are prohibiting smoking in casinos in the near term. And while many are encouraging passengers to get a coronavirus booster shot, they are not mandating it. The world’s biggest cruise lines, Carnival and Royal Caribbean, said crew members are getting boosters once eligible.
Infectious-disease experts say the rules that cruise lines have in place are very good — but not perfect.An infected passenger might not have enough virus to show up in a pre-cruise test but could become symptomatic during a trip, said William Schaffner, professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville.
He said that although he enjoys cruises, now is not the time for anyone who is immunocompromised or at high risk of severe disease — advice the CDC also gives. Jessica Justman, an infectious-diseases specialist and epidemiologist at Columbia University, has a family member on a Caribbean cruise now.“We talked about how breakfast and lunch were meals that could be eaten outdoors on the deck,” she said. “So the only time where you have to eat indoors is at dinner.” She suggested eating that meal quickly and then putting a mask right back on.
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