The government of Mexico reported this Tuesday that it will receive the cruise ships that “request to dock” in their seaports, including one that state authorities had denied landing in Puerto Vallarta, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country, due to an outbreak of Covid-19.
“The government of Mexico will receive in its seaports to cruise ships that request to dock in our country, “said the Tourism Secretariat in a statement.
The secretariat added that the Carnival Panorama cruise ship, which the authorities of the state of Jalisco (west) denied on Monday the disembarkation of passengers in Puerto Vallarta, will be received in the port of Guaymas, state of Sonora (north).
The government added that if there are people with symptoms of Covid-19 They will be given medical attention, while those who are asymptomatic or have a mild condition “will be kept in preventive quarantine.”
“People who do not show symptoms will be able to do their tourist activities with respect to basic prevention measures,” he said.
On December 24, before leaving, five active cases of Covid-19 among the crew of the Carnival Panorama cruise ship, a figure that rose to 69, according to state health authorities.
By protocol, the Jalisco health secretariat asked those traveling on board a negative antigen test in order to disembark. The company that owns the ship opted for no one to descend and left the tourist destination the same night on Monday.
It was the second impediment to one of these vessels in four days, which occurred after last December 23 the landing of another vessel in Puerto Vallarta was prohibited. That ship was traveling with 1,035 passengers and 874 crew members, according to data from the Jalisco government.
Between December 28 and 30, the arrival of another three cruises to Puerto Vallarta is expected, according to information from the Secretary of the Navy.
Despite the rapid advance of the Omicron variant, the Mexican government has so far not announced restrictions on economic activities, almost completely normalized.
In Mexico, tourism represents 8.5% of GDP.
With 126 million inhabitants, it is the fourth country hardest hit by the coronavirus in absolute numbers, with 298,819 deaths, and 3.95 million confirmed cases.
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Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx