reported. Earlier this month, the agency lowered the risk to Level 2, according to the newspaper.
The CDC still said it was up to individual passengers to determine their own health risks before boarding a cruise ship,“While cruising will always pose some risk of COVID-19 transmission, travelers will make their own risk assessment when choosing to travel on a cruise ship, much like they do in all other travel settings,” the agency said in a statement.
Carnival, Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean dropped their mask mandates earlier this year as COVID-19-related cases and deaths declined nationwide,In a statement, Cruise Lines International Association said the CDC’s move “recognizes the effective public health measures in place on cruise ships and begins to level the playing field, between cruise and similarly situated venues on land, for the first time since March 2020.
There are currently 34 cruise ships with enough COVID-19 cases onboard that meet the threshold for a CDC investigation, according to the agency’sAccording to the CDC’s tracker, another 35 cruise ships have some cases on board, but are below the threshold for an official investigation, The Wall Street Journal reported.©2022 Cox Media Group
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