{"id":100698,"date":"2021-12-27T07:04:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T12:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=100698"},"modified":"2021-12-27T07:04:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T12:04:18","slug":"us-monitoring-covid-hit-holiday-cruise-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2021\/12\/27\/us-monitoring-covid-hit-holiday-cruise-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"US Monitoring COVID-Hit Holiday Cruise Ships"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"VOA \u2014 MIAMI, FLORIDA \u2014 <\/span>U.S. authorities on Sunday were monitoring dozens of cruise ships hit by COVID-19 cases while sailing in the country’s waters, with several of them reportedly denied port in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

Over 60 vessels were under observation after “reported cases of COVID-19 have met the threshold for CDC investigation,” the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0reported that several cruise liners were denied port at their scheduled destinations.<\/p>\n

One of them, the Carnival Freedom, was turned away from the Caribbean island of Bonaire, the\u00a0Post\u00a0<\/em>reported.<\/p>\n

“We’re sailing on a petri dish,” said Ashley Peterson, a 34-year-old passenger on board, cited by the\u00a0Post<\/em>. “I feel like I just spent my past week at a superspreader event.”<\/p>\n

In a statement to AFP, Carnival confirmed that “a small number on board were isolated due to a positive COVID test.”<\/p>\n

“The rapid spread of the omicron variant may shape how some destination authorities with limited medical resources may view even a small number of cases, even when they are being managed with our vigorous protocols,” the company said, without providing further details.<\/p>\n

The Carnival Freedom arrived in Miami Sunday morning, debarked all guests and “will depart on its next voyage as planned,” the company said, adding if it was denied entry to a certain port it would work “to find an alternative destination.”<\/p>\n

It added the CDC was “fully informed and supportive of our protocols and operational plans.”<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, 55 people tested positive for COVID-19 aboard a Royal Caribbean International cruise, the company said.<\/p>\n

The infections spread among passengers and crew members on the “Odyssey of the Seas” despite 95% of the people on board being vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to Royal Caribbean.<\/p>\n

The ship did not dock at the Caribbean islands of Curacao and Aruba, the last scheduled stops on its eight-day voyage out of precaution.<\/p>\n

It returned to port at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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