Cruising Celebrity with Astra Zenica vaccine?

[cnkgirl]

I have just found out that I’m not able to take my cruise on celebrity in October because I am double vaccinated with Astra Zeneca vaccine but I’m pretty sure others have does anyone know the answer please?

[Fouremco]

Could you elaborate? Were you notified by Celebrity that they would not accept your AZ vaccination?

[K_e_short]

5 hours ago, cnkgirl said:

I have just found out that I’m not able to take my cruise on celebrity in October because I am double vaccinated with Astra Zeneca vaccine but I’m pretty sure others have does anyone know the answer please?

 

Welcome to this part of the website. Many of these questions have been asked before.

 

Two doses of Astra Zeneca are o.k  IF your cruiseline states that they accept vaccines that are approved by WHO.

AZ is not approved by the CDC, however it is approved by WHO as long as it's TWO doses.

 

The confusion comes from the fac that since no one in the U.S. has AZ the AMERICAN cruislines don't list AZ as an option.

 

[scottbee]

13 hours ago, K_e_short said:

 

Welcome to this part of the website. Many of these questions have been asked before.

 

Two doses of Astra Zeneca are o.k  IF your cruiseline states that they accept vaccines that are approved by WHO.

AZ is not approved by the CDC, however it is approved by WHO as long as it's TWO doses.

 

The confusion comes from the fac that since no one in the U.S. has AZ the AMERICAN cruislines don't list AZ as an option.

 

All six WHO approved vaccines (Pfizer,Moderna,Janssen,AZ,Sinopharm,SinoVac) are approved by the CDC as 'Vaccinated'.  Only three of them have been approved to administer in the United States; a subtle but important difference.

 

What hasn't yet been approved by the CDC is a mix of AZ+(Moderna/Pfizer); which is relatively common in Canada, Germany and a few other countries.  There is a footnote in the CDC approvals saying that a Moderna/Pfizer mix is considered 'fully vaccinated and no additional doses are required', although cruiselines have been inconsistent in their interpretation of this footnote.