The CDC says there is a surprising way to travel without mask

The agency has changed mask rules for vaccinated travelers using this mode of transportation.


Since the beginning of the Pandemic of Covid,Mask guidelines have been one of the most applied topics. Whether the use of N95 respirators compared to cloth masks or when you need to wear them, the views on facial coverage have been expanded, and where we are supposed to seek advice, centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is often under fire for its manipulation of these guidelines. Recently, as the number of people vaccinated across the country has increased to more than half of the US adults, the agency seemed to feel thepressure to make a change. On May 13, a much discussed change finally arrived when the CDC announced that the entirely vaccinated vaccinated personsno need to wear masks Inside or out, but there is a place where they are still needed. "We always have the obligation toWear masks when traveling, "CDC DirectorRochelle Walensky, MD, said at a press briefing at the White House on May 13th. This includes all public transport - planes, trains, buses, metros, airports and stations. However, there may be any exception: the CDC says that passengers of vaccinated cruise ships do not have to wear masks during outdoor activities.

On May 12, the CDC updated its conditional navigation order toLift mask rules For vaccinated cruise passengers. Cruise ship operators can now allow passengers and entirely vaccinated crew members to gather or do outside without wearing masks. The vaccinated cruising tastes must wear masks in congested areas, as directed on May 12. It is unclear whether the agency will update these guidelines based on larger modifications of May 13.

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Another guidelineChange the CDC done May 12 12 gives cruise ship operators the right to decide whether they will allow passengers and entirely vaccinated crew members to participate in "self-sufficient or independent exploration" during port stops, cruisecritic reports .com (viaUnited States today) If this is the case, the CDC exhorts vaccinated passengers that explore only to wear masks during the inside.

Of course, everything depends on the guidelines of where the platforms of the boat. "The cruise ship operator is also informed that foreign jurisdictions can have their own requirements," adds the CDC. The Agency also explains that cruise operators can consider banning non-vaccinated passengers to explore independently of vessel places. But if they are allowed to participate in Shore excursions, the CDC recommends the cruise operators non-vaccinated and partially immunized cruise operators carry a mask and follow social distribution protocols.

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Before the last change of directive on masks on cruise ships,Frank del Rio, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings President and CEO, slammed the CDCRules for vaccinated cruising passengers like "absurd", according to weekly trips. "For example, even if all the people on board would be vaccinated, between the bites of your meal and between the Gengments of your drink, you have to put your mask, remove your mask," said Del Rio on a Call of income from May May 6th. "I will give the CDC an opportunity to expand and clarify."

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