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Thought I would update following our cruise. I was disappointed that there seemed to be little interest in dealing with covid onboard. Our vaccination cards were never requested. The crew did wear masks, albeit often under the nose. Masks were provided in our rooms. Unfortunately hardly any of the passengers bothered to wear them. There was never any mention of anyone testing positive. Since it is impossible to wear a mask while eating, I think most people just give up onboard. By day 3 of our cruise we began to hear coughing onboard and on the buses. By the end of the cruise I would guess about half of the passengers were coughing. When we returned home we tested for covid. My husband is positive, I am negative. Strange since we were ,together most of the time, and shared a small cabin. His symptoms are mild, so it is just an inconvenience. We are both vaccinated, and have had 3 boosters. I would not recommend a river cruise if you have chosen not to be vaccinated. I am sure that ignoring covid is a business decision for Viking. Most people seem to be happy to try to carry on without giving it much thought. Unfortunately it is still very much with us.

Thanks to all who responded. I wish I could be more relaxed about traveling, but I know much of life is risk! We must travel when we can, as no one knows the future. I'm going to mask whenever possible, even if I'm the only one who does!

Thanks for your responses. I was just curious about how prevalent COVID was on recent cruises. I do plan to be as careful as possible. This will be our first trip to Europe since 2019, and I can't wait! I have learned this year to travel when possible as you never know what the future holds.

We are scheduled on Viking Zurich to Paris tour/cruise, beginning Oct 14. I am wondering about the incidence of covid aboard Viking cruises recently. There hasn't been much said on this topic in several months. I know there is much less, if any, testing going on currently. If one does test positive what happens? Is there a don't ask, don't tell situation? I have spent the past year immunocompromised because of chemotherapy. I'm now doing well enough to travel (finally!), but still plan to be pretty careful, and will mask when possible. I'm just concerned about the incidence of positive covid cases I might encounter onboard. Anyone have any recent observations?