Current Events > 2 children test positive for COVID-19 on Royal Caribbean cruise

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https://www.ajc.com/news/2-children-test-positive-for-covid-19-on-royal-caribbean-cruise/XL2ELRH74FET5ECXEE2AMZ4P74/

Royal Caribbean reported that two children tested positive on this weeks sailing of Adventure of the Seas. The ship sails out of the Bahamas, and was the first by the cruise line to return to business in North America, requiring vaccines for those eligible. Both positive results, which came after the required routine testing ahead of disembarkation, were for unvaccinated guests under the age of 16. The two were immediately quarantined with one showing mild symptoms and the other asymptomatic, according to a press release. Members of their travel party, who are all vaccinated, tested negative, and the cruise line performed contact tracing and testing, which all proved negative as well. With its vaccine requirement in place, the ship had been sailing with 92% fully vaccinated guests and 100% vaccinated crew. Its next sailing is set to depart Saturday on a voyage from Nassau with stops at Grand Bahama Island, private island Coco Cay and Cozumel.

Royal Caribbean, though, as well as Disney Cruise Line and MSC Cruises, have all opted to perform the simulated sailings, which allows for more families with children not yet eligible for the vaccine to sail. As a family brand, Royal Caribbean typically sails with 10% of our guests under 12 years old, and today, they are ineligible for the vaccine, according to a press statement. We are committed to continuing to deliver memorable vacations to families and is why we are conducting simulated cruises. For sailings outside of Florida, though, it still has the requirement in place for anyone 16 and older, and after Aug. 1, that requirement drops to anyone 12 and older.

Hopefully the vaccine gets approved for children under 12 soon seems like a ticking bomb before a variant spreads among them when schools reopen in fall.

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I dont understand people that jumped on these cruise ships as soon as they started sailing again. Something about potentially quarantining the entire ship while on vacation seems like hell to me.

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SamuelLJackdson posted...

I dont understand people that jumped on these cruise ships as soon as they started sailing again. Something about potentially quarantining the entire ship while on vacation seems like hell to me.

Cruise ships in general seem like disgusting disease farms

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SamuelLJackdson posted...

I dont understand people that jumped on these cruise ships as soon as they started sailing again. Something about potentially quarantining the entire ship while on vacation seems like hell to me.

They feel safe they got the vaccine so COVID is over for them. Kids are the only unvaccinated ones on these cruises now. Like I said in OP gonna be interesting when school reopens and they all maskless together. If vaccine isn't approved for those under 12 by then.

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