Report positive cases
Most major cruise lines do not publicly disclose the number of coronavirus cases on board their ships, but they are required to submit daily figures to the CDC. threshold for an investigation. (An investigation is initiated when a certain number of cases are reported among a percentage of passengers.)
Carnival has denied that the number of crew members infected was as high as 100 during Mr Suphan’s sailing, but has not disclosed the total number of people who tested positive. On Dec. 28, when the cruise was barred from port, Jalisco’s health ministry said 69 cases had been discovered among the ship’s 1,450 crew. That day, Christine Duffy, the Carnival president, called into the ship and briefed the guests on the situation. Passengers said she did not provide updated numbers for positive cases, which many felt.
Carnival’s chief communications officer Chris Chiames said the company takes its public health responsibilities “very seriously” and has implemented protocols that exceed CDC guidelines since the restart of operations in the United States in June.
“The vast majority of crew who test positive are asymptomatic and are detected through the random testing protocol, and they and their close contacts are placed in isolation or quarantine,” said Mr Chiames. “No one needs escalated medical attention or hospitalization, and we also removed most of the ship’s crew to complete their isolation or quarantine.”
Carnival declined to comment on its policy of reporting daily cases to passengers on board its ships, but Mr Chiames said: “The additional complications caused by the rapidly spreading Omicron variant will lead us to evaluate how communicate in the future.”
Test Positive
For many, the idea of testing positive for the coronavirus on a cruise ship evokes the horrors of the major outbreaks in the early stages of the pandemic, when thousands of people were forced to stay in their rooms for endless days during the pandemic.
The health and safety protocols that allowed US cruise ships to sail again in June have helped cruise lines contain the virus and prevent major outbreaks. their cases. Some were even given free food and champagne to their rooms and were flown home by charter plane.
