CDC lowers warning level for cruise travel

[HamOp]

(CNN) — Health officials in the United States have eased their stance on the safety of cruise travel for vaccinated passengers, lowering the travel alert level just over a week before the first cruise in more than 15 months is scheduled to set sail from a US port.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday lowered its health notice on cruise travel from Level 4, which recommends avoiding all travel, to Level 3, which encourages travelers to get fully vaccinated before traveling.

 

More Here:  https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/cruise-travel-cdc-lowers-warning/index.html

 

[Horizon chaser 1957]

Great new! Thank you for posting this!😃

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

That is good news.

[seaside sally]

Great news......thanks for the information

[CruiserBruce]

The story actually says cruising is safe for vaccinated pax. The drop from Level 4 to Level 3 is for unvaccinated pax (from the News section of Cruise Critic):

 

However, the CDC did replace its Level 4 Very High Risk warning, which had been in place for more than a year and applied to all cruisers, with a lower Level 3 High Risk of COVID-19 for unvaccinated passengers.

 

 

[ontheweb]

Doing the happy dance.

 

And especially for those of us who are vaccinated and now at no level.

[colonialinnkeeper]

Another step in the right direction.

[rkacruiser]

3 hours ago, HamOp said:

Level 3, which encourages travelers to get fully vaccinated before traveling.

 

Read this cruise lines that are "accepting" only certain percentages of crew/guests that are partially or unvaccinated?