CDC: ‘Avoid cruise travel, regardless of vaccination status’
“This reflects increases in cases onboard cruise ships since identification of the Omicron variant,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
“Even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants,” the CDC said in a midday bulletin.
The CDC said the travel health notice upgrade from level 3 to level 4 “reflects increases in cases onboard cruise ships since identification of the Omicron variant.”