Norwegian Cruise Line to drop requirement for COVID-19 test
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FILE – In this May 4, 2020, image, Norwegian cruise ships are docked at Portsmouth Maritime Terminal in Portsmouth, Va. The Norwegian Cruise Line organization is dropping a necessity that travellers check destructive for COVID-19 before sailing. The firm explained Wednesday, July 6, 2022, that testing will only be needed on ships departing from locations in which community regulations still necessitates tests, like in the United States and Canada. The transform starts off Aug. 1. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot by using AP, File)
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Norwegian Cruise Line is dropping a requirement that travellers test unfavorable for COVID-19 ahead of sailing until it is expected by local rules.
The enterprise explained Wednesday that it will fall the screening need Aug. 1 besides on ships sailing from spots with neighborhood screening rules, such as in the United States, Canada, Bermuda and Greece.
The Centers for Disease Command and Prevention needs pre-excursion tests for passengers on 94 ships taking aspect in CDC’s voluntary COVID-19 application, which includes Norwegian ships that sail in the U.S.
Norwegian demands vaccinated travellers in the U.S. to show a damaging antigen test for COVID-19 inside two times of their vacation or a damaging PCR test inside of 3 times of sailing. Unvaccinated small children beneath 12 are topic to more tests when they board and go away the ship.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. reported it will loosen up its screening plan in other international locations to be in line with other sectors of the journey sector “as culture proceeds to adapt and return to a condition of normalcy.”
The cruise industry complains that when the pandemic hit, it was singled out for a shutdown by the U.S. Centers for Sickness Command and Avoidance when airways were not.
Norwegian, which has its headquarters in Miami, operates the Norwegian, Oceania and Regent Seven Seas strains.
