The Centers for Disease Control has just given some good news to the cruise industry and to vaccinated-and-ready-to-sail passengers: It’s safe now.
After more than a year of banning and warning against all cruises, CDC has revised its guidance to remove the health warning for passengers who have completed a vaccine series. On the other hand, it continued its recommendation that those who are not fully vaccinated should avoid travel on ocean and river ships altogether.
While it did lower the warning level from 4 (Very High Risk) to 3 (High Risk), it warned that “Since the virus spreads more easily between people in close quarters aboard ships, the chance of getting COVID-19 on cruise ships is high. It is especially important that people who are not fully vaccinated with an increased risk of severe illness avoid travel on cruise ships, including river cruises.”
