If you have more than 65 years, you should not go here right now, CDC warns
The warning also applies to high-risk groups and those who are pregnant, even if they are vaccinated.
One of the biggest changes to the daily life of COVID-19 has been the way it has transformed some public places into high-risk areas for the transmission of the virus. And even if the vaccines helpedLimit serious cases and hospitalizations Infection, the spread of the Delta variant led to the recovery of health precautions that have not been observed since the first days of the pandemic. In some cases, this includes avoiding some sites if you are particularly vulnerable to COVID. As a result, US centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) warn that anyone aged 65 or older shouldAdd cruise ships at the list of places where they should not go now.
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In an update published on August 20, the health agency has changed its current.Level of travel risk for cruises At "level 3: high" and recommended that the elderly should avoid them, regardless of their vaccination status. It also stated that previously recently pregnant pregnant vaccinated persons who have "an increased risk of serious illness" and people of any non-vaccinated age should not board a cruise ship for the moment.
"The virus that causes Covid-19 spreads easily between people with near ships on board ships and the possibility of becoming CVIV-19 on cruise ships is high," wrote CDC on his website.
The update of the CDC also stated that while issuing a mask mandate for cruise ships similar to those in place to travel on aircraft, trains, buses and other public transport, It now recommends to all passengerscover a face-cover Whenever in public spaces on board ships. However, the agency noted that "individual cruise lines may need travelers (passengers and crew) to wear masks inside aboard the ship."
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The Agency now recommends that anyone embark a cruise ship be tested for COVID-19 to three days before its trip, then again three to five days after their return, even if they are fully vaccinated. He also suggested that anyone who was not vaccinated should be quarantined for seven days when they come back from their cruise, even if they are tested negative.
The variation of the orientation comes after a series of new CIVID-19 infections have been reported on cruises. Last week, 27 people vaccinated entirely vaccinated aboard aCARNIVAL cruise ship moored in Belize Positive tested for the virus. And in July, four vaccinated adult passengers and two unvaccinated children aboard aRoyal Caribbean ship tested positive During a priority of late courtesy cruise,United States today reports.
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"The health, safety and well-being of our customers, our members and destinations that we visit are our priority. All activities on the ship take place and our guests have been great to adapt to our new protocols "said Carnival in a statement following the epidemic. The cruise line also said that this is currently going beyond and beyondDCC guidelines and requirements In its operations, adding that it now requires that all passengers have masks in all common domains of the ship and have begun to require a negative Covid test of all boarding passengers on August 14, CNN reports.
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