Posted on 07/30/2021 6:47:57 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
Six Royal Caribbean Guests Test Positive During Routine Testing Six guests on Adventure of the Seas test positive for COVID during routine testing by Royal Caribbean.
During routine testing on Adventure of the Seas, six guests were found to be positive for COVID. Royal Caribbean’s health protocols were followed to make sure guests remain safe. The ship will continue to cruise, showing that cruise lines can deal with these situations and move forward on resuming operations.
Positive Cases on Adventure of the Seas With more cruise ships resuming cruises, there is no doubt we’ll see positive cases at times. The good news is that cruise lines, including Royal Caribbean, have well-tested protocols in place to deal with outbreaks and keep guests protected.
In this case, six guests were tested positive for COVID during routine testing before the end of the voyage. Four of the guests are fully vaccinated, and three of them are asymptomatic, with one showing mild symptoms. Two of the guests are kids, and Royal Caribbean said they were traveling with the same party. The kids are unvaccinated and asymptomatic.
In a statement posted by Royal Caribbean International President and CEO Micahel Bayley, it said, “They all were immediately quarantined, and all close contacts were traced and all tested negative. All of the other 1,000 plus guests tested negative.”
During the ship’s port of call, today in Freeport, Bahamas, the positive guests and their traveling parties disembarked the vessel. They are traveling home via private transportation.
It’s not the first time Adventure of the Seas has dealt with positive COVID cases. In late June, two guests were tested positive during the normal testing procedure before the cruise. That situation was dealt with swiftly, and cruising continued.
This comes as the cruise line modifies its testing policy due to the spreading delta variant. The cruise line now requires all guests on five-night or longer sailings to show proof of a negative test result before the cruise departures through August 2021.
For cruises out of the Bahamas, which the ship is sailing from, all guests 16 years and older must be fully vaccinated, which will change to 12 years old from August 1, 2021. All crew members are already fully vaccinated, which is the same for any Royal Caribbean cruise ship sailing.
Adventure of the Seas became the first ship in the fleet to restart operations in North America out of Nassau, Bahamas. The current seven-night voyage started from the port on July 27. Cruising is to continue, and the protests worked well to keep everyone on board safe.
Nothing to see here, move along!
Here's a question: Have any of the nation's bigger employers, who previously didn't cover hearing aids in their health insurance plans, added coverage for hearing aids in the last couple of years? Inquiring minds want to know.
Vaccine likely does not increase risk of hearing loss
Likely.
Snort.
Be sure to read the last sentence of the article at the link.
Other than the "Cruise Hive" it looks like the other "Cruise News People" are ignoring the Covid outbreak onboard the Carnival cruise ship. -Tom
4 found to be POSITIVE for covid?
Did anybody die? did anybody get seriously sick?
Testing positive simply means some virus material flew into your respiratory system, and your immune system is dealing with it without getting sick.
I bet at least 4 passengers on that ship were HIV positive.
And at least 4 passengers were positive for Human papillomavirus (HPV).
And at least 4 were infected with Noro Virus.
I do not see the panic at all. We cruisers deal with it and avoid problems and enjoy the pampering on the ship.
Just wait until you see my thread after the cruise in September with bunch of photo’s from the ship, of all the fun you will be missing.
I am guessing nobody got really sick and die on the Carnival ship. So they are correct to ignore a non-event.
Testing positive simply means some virus material flew into your respiratory system, and your immune system is dealing with it without getting sick.
I would be worried if there was cases of Ebola on the ship, not worried in the slightest about some testing positive for covid. Us vaccinated passengers could inhale the virus, test positive, but the anti-bodies created by the vaccine will prevent getting seriously sick.
I am looking forward to a bunch of cruises in next 12 months.
“I am guessing nobody got really sick and die on the Carnival ship. So they are correct to ignore a non-event.”
The Carnival ship was not under the thumb of our CDC.
The Florida based Celebrity Edge is under the thumb of our CDC ,and we will see shortly how the CDC handles the Covid outbreak on that ship. -Tom
Try this link for the Celebrity Edge covid outbreak. -Tom
I am feeling the opposite. When I switched from T4 to T3, my tinnitus has decreased by more than 95%. I am shocked. No vax here.
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