Fifty-five people tested positive for Covid-19 aboard a cruise ship Royal Caribbean International It sailed from Florida in the southeastern United States on Saturday, the company reported Wednesday night.
The contagions registered in the “Odyssey of the Seas“They affected passengers and crew members, despite the fact that 95% of the people on board were vaccinated against the disease, said Royal Caribbean.
The ship was not cleared to enter the Caribbean islands of Curaçao and Aruba, the last scheduled stops on its eight-day voyage, so it will remain at sea until its return to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on December 26.
The vessel is traveling with 3,587 passengers and 1,599 crew members, the US outlet USA Today reported.
According to the shipping company, the 55 infected are vaccinated against the coronavirus and are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. His close contacts have been quarantined for 24 hours before undergoing a COVID test.
This is the second outbreak on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in less than a week.
Last Saturday, the “Symphony of the Seas“He returned to the port of Miami with 48 Covid-19 patients on board, after a seven-day trip to the Caribbean.
Several passenger ships suffered outbreaks of coronavirus in the early months of the pandemic in 2020, leading to suspension of cruise activities for more than a year.
The industry resumed operations in June with strong security measures against possible infections.
Royal Caribbean it requires, for example, that its passengers over 12 years of age and its employees are fully vaccinated.
But the Omicron variant The highly contagious coronavirus poses a new challenge for the industry.
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Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx