US cruise lines cancel sailings through at least end of 2020
US cruise lines have canceled sailings through at least the end of the year because of new safety guidelines related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced a new framework for resuming sailings. The CDC technically lifted a ban on sailings to and from US ports, but it raised concerns about the safety of resuming sailings while cases of Covid-19 increase around the globe.
"Recent outbreaks on cruise ships overseas provide current evidence that cruise ship travel facilitates and amplifies transmission of Covid-19 -- even when ships sail at reduced passenger capacities -- and would likely spread the disease into US communities if passenger operations were to resume in the United States without public health oversight," said the CDC statement.
Cruises worldwide were essentially halted in March following the outbreak of the disease. US cruise lines had been set to resume sailings as of December 1. The Cruise Lines International Association, the industry trade group, Monday issued a statement that they will work with the CDC to resume sailings as soon as possible.
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