Lawmaker calls for new cruise ship ban

Saturday, 28 Dec, 2021 5

Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal called on cruise lines to halt all cruise operations and urged health agencies to impose stricter curbs.

Cruise ships are ‘repeating recent history as petri dishes of Covid-19 infection,’ Blumenthal, said.

"Time for CDC and cruise lines to protect consumers and again pause, by docking their ships," he tweeted.

Even with vaccination requirements and stricter mask rules, the number of positive cases aboard ships has surged in the past week.

Multiple ships have been turned away from several ports.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating dozens of cruise ships.

There are 68 cruise ships under a yellow classification which prompts an investigation over positive Covid cases or if health data it sends to the CDC is insufficient.

Ships being monitored include vessels from Carnival, Disney, MSC Cruises, NCLH, Royal Caribbean and Celebrity.

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5 COMMENTS

[email protected]Jan 03, 2022 04:07 PM

Fully vaccinated sailings have not worked - we saw that coming. All it has done is promote discrimination against the unvaccinated and if you are going to discriminate and be proud of doing so then you should be shut down until all guests can sail freely again. If you have done any reasonable research, you know that vaccinated or not you can get and pass the virus, all the vaccine does is reduce symptoms. I am a travel agent and I do not sell travel for suppliers that promote discrimination period! I am shocked that more agents are not up in arms about the discrimination - if we accept this, do we now accept discrimination on all levels? I can now go on a cruise and refuse service from anyone who I do not find acceptable because the cruise line has determined discrimination is proudly honored? No Thank you!

Michael JonesDec 29, 2021 05:31 AM

yesterday the 3rd cricket test ended in Melbourne (poms lost again). In 3 days they had close to 100,000 people attend. No mask requirement whatsoever.

Michael JonesDec 29, 2021 05:30 AM

yet another idiot politician grand standing again. What is it about leftie pollies ? They are going to save us all. What a joke. Amicron is so weak that CHOs in Australia are now saying, worst case is a bad cold, if vaccinated.

Toni ReedDec 28, 2021 09:13 PM

there are fewer cases from cruise ships than from the NFL, MLB, NBA, high school games, etc. Why not ban them from playing? The Biden admin has done more damage to the economy in the 1 year that he has been in office than any president in history. When you have 2 thousand passengers on a ship and 10 people get sick, thats less 5%. More get sick from going to a sporting event. On the ships there are protocols that must be followed, at a sporting event there are none. This guy, the old man in the oval office and his admin are ruining peoples lively hoods, not to mention the islands that these ships port, are relying on these ships and the passengers to keep them with jobs, food on the table, etc.

Preston McKinneyDec 28, 2021 07:33 PM

Perhaps it is time for people like Blumenthal to worry more about damage being done to the economy overall by the Biden Administration that make suggestions to shut down important parts of the travel industry that generates many jobs in the USA.

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