At least ten crew members recently tested positive for COVID-19 on Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas and Jewel of the Seas. There are also over three dozen employees under quarantine on these two cruise ships.
Independence of the Seas – Galveston
The Galveston County Daily News (subscription only) article, by John Wayne Ferguson),
Very early this morning, “Politico’s senior legal-affairs reporter Josh Gerstein tweeted that the 11th Circuit panel had voted 2-1 to stay a judge’s decision blocking U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rules as they applied to cruise-ship COVID regulations.” (via Sun Sentinel’s article titled: Eleventh Circuit panel stays lower court’s decision to block CDC
Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas finally started its inaugural cruise and revenue sailing from Limassol, Cyprus this past week. The Jewel of the Seas will be sailing from Limassol until late October 2021, on seven-night cruises calling at Piraeus, Rhodes, Crete, Mykonos and Santorini.
According to the Financial Mirror, on Saturday the agency
In the last week, there have been at least a dozen positive COVID-19 cases reported by the international media.
Three days ago, three people, including an unvaccinated crew member, tested positive for coranavirus aboard the American Constellation cruise ship during a 10-night cruise from Juneau, Alaska which left July 4, 2021. The other people infected
The public dispute over requiring vaccinations for cruise travel took a serious turn yesterday. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (HCLH), the parent company for NCL, Oceania and Regent 
Cruises, sued Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Scott Rivkees (as head of the Florida Department of Health), alleging that the state of Florida is preventing it from resuming sailing
Three people, including an unvaccinated crew member, tested positive for coranavirus this weekend aboard the American Constellation cruise ship during a 10-night cruise from Juneau, Alaska which left July 4, 2021. The other people infected included two vaccinated passengers.
The cruise ship in question, operated by American Cruise Lines, is a relatively small vessel which
Several news outlets in Spain and other European countries reported last week that several passengers aboard the MSC Grandiosa tested positive for COVID-19. The cases have apparently not been reported in the U.S. press.
Three Passengers Test Positive As the MSC Grandiosa Returns to Spain
The Europa Press states that three passengers tested positive for
A “small number” of crew members aboard the Queen Elizabeth cruise liner tested positive according to Cunard, BBC News reported yesterday.
The Cunard ship had “about 800” crew members aboard at the time of the test said the British cruise company. Exactly what a “small number” means is anyone’s guess.
According to @BBCWorld, Cunard says a "small number" of crew tested positive for #COVID19 on @cunardline #QueenElizabeth https://t.co/Uj4cEcywD5 so for a #cruise ship with "about 800" crew members, exactly how many is a "small number?" 3, 5, 9, 12, 15? pic.twitter.com/sMU7tLM3bC
— James (Jim) Walker (@CruiseLaw) July 6, 2021
I tweeted with a
Royal Caribbean’s attempt to return to cruising continues to be marred by positive COVID-19 cases among its guests and crew members. Several news sources are reporting today that two passengers tested positive while on Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas.
Skift reports that “Royal Caribbean Group said on Thursday two guests on its cruise liner,
Four Royal Caribbean crew members on the Anthem of the Seas reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, according to the popular Crew Center website.
Anthem of the Seas Crew in a 3-Day Quarantine After 4 Test Positive for Covid-19 https://t.co/X3Uz2BNmoM
— Crew Center (@CrewCenter) June 20, 2021
Crew Center reported the positive test results this evening, after the Royal Caribbean cruise ship arrived in Greece for loading of provisions and for the crew to receive vaccinations, scheduled for
Multiple sources are reporting that eight crew members employed by Royal Caribbean Cruises aboard the Odyssey of the Seas tested positive for COVID-19. According to a press release from the cruise line, the crew members tested positive on June 10, 2021, six days after the ship arrived in the U.S. after sailing from Israel. Media
As everyone knows by now, yesterday two guests tested positive for COVID-19 during the recent cruise of the Royal Caribbean owned Celebrity Millennium from St. Maarten, notwithstanding the fact that the cruse line require 100% of the adults (but not children) to be vaccinated and also required negative test results before boarding.
The infected guests
As the U.S. based cruise industry is trying to resume operations, two passengers aboard the Celebrity Millennium tested positive for COVID-19 today. The cruise ship supposedly has a 100% vaccinated crew of around 650 and 600 passengers (except for children). The Celebrity Millennium left from the port of St. Maarten.
I first learned of the
Newspapers in Italy are reporting that there are reports of two people who tested positive for COVID-19 aboard the MSC Seaside. The newspapers state that two passengers tested positive for the virus.
Informazione and Lasicliaweb report that the positive test results came during a routine check after the ship sailed from Italy. The country
At least two crew members on Royal Caribbean’s Odyssey of the Seas tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Maltese newspaper CBE News. At the time of the news, the cruise ship was anchored off the coast at Majorca Bay, Mallorca, Spain. The ship is now heading to Gibraltar on her way back to the
Yesterday, Carnival Cruise Line executive Christine Duffy stated that her cruise line doesn’t plan to require COVID-19 
vaccination for guests. The comments were made during a television interview with NBC’s Lester Holt and were first reported on Seatrade Cruise News.
Ms. Duffy defended Carnival’s absence of a vaccine requirement for passengers, commenting “There’s no
The lawsuit and related motion for preliminary injunction against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources filed by the state of Florida (which Alaska and Texas have joined) have, in my opinion, virtually no chance of success.
A preview of how the federal judge, Steven
The cruise industry continues to misrepresent its experiences with COVID-19 while sailing in Europe and in Asia (primarily Singapore). The cruise industry’s trade organization, Cruise Line International Association (CLIA), initially released patently false information that there have been less than fifty (50) cases of COVID-19 on sailing outside of the U.S. involving over 400,000 cruise
