Two patients aboard one of the first cruises in North America. Covid is making waves. Two individuals tested positive Thursday, June 10 aboard the Celebrity Millennium, one of the first cruise ships to sail in North America since the start of the pandemic, despite “A crew and passengers vaccinated”, said the cruise line Royal Caribbean in a statement. “The individuals are asymptomatic, currently in isolation and monitored by our medical team”, indicates the company, which ensures conduct a contact tracing operation and whose ship left Sint Maarten, the Dutch part of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, on June 5. Both people tested positive during the “Compulsory end of cruise test”, explains Royal Caribbean, which says passengers had to show proof of vaccination as well as a negative Covid-19 screening less than 72 hours before boarding. In recent months, cruises have often come to a halt because of the virus.
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