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World’s Most Hygienic Cruise Ships in 2023

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Cruise Mummy highlights the List Of The Cleanest Cruise Ships In The World (2023).

Horror stories about ‘cruise cough’

Do you want to take a cruise but you’ve heard horror stories about ‘cruise cough’, norovirus and other dirty diseases that you may catch from a floating petri dish?

Well, fear not! I’ve put together a list of the world’s cleanest cruise ships!

So, grab your rubber gloves, your antibacterial wipes, and your sense of adventure, because we’re about...

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CLIA calls new CDC cruise warning “perplexing”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its COVID-19 Travel Health Notice level for cruising from Level 3 to Level 4, the highest level. The CDC says this reflects increases in cases onboard cruise ships since identification of the Omicron variant and advises: Avoid cruise travel, regardless of vaccination status.

CLIA RESPONDS

CLIA, the Cruise Lines International Association, was swift to respond, releasing the following statement:

The decision by the CDC to raise the travel...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/clia-calls-new-cdc-cruise-warning-perplexing/

Royal Caribbean breaks industry silence on Omicron impact

Royal Caribbean Group has become the first major cruise ship operator to release a statement on the impact of the Omicron coronavirus on its business—and on the number of cases reported aboard its ships.

“Omicron has significantly altered the COVID-19 landscape for everyone, and the Royal Caribbean Group is no exception,” says the company. “As widely reported, the Omicron variant is significantly more infectious than its predecessors and has already become the dominant form of COVID-19 in the...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/cruiseships/royal-caribbean-breaks-industry-silence-on-omicron-impact/

Navy Loses 17th Sailor to COVID-19

A sailor plays ‘Taps.’ US Navy Photo

A Naval reservist died from COVID-19-related complications, the Navy announced Tuesday.

Lt. Ivey Quintana-Martinez, 35, is the 17th sailor the Navy has lost to COVID-19, according to a USNI News tally of COVID-19 deaths. Quintana-Martinez, of Lake Elsinore, Calif., died at Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 18.

She was admitted on Nov. 10. Her vaccination status is unclear. While active-duty sailors needed to be fully vaccinated by Nov....

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/21/navy-loses-17th-sailor-to-covid-19

Navy Loses 15th Sailor to COVID-19, Second Death in October

Master-at-Arms Senior Chief Michael Haberstumpf died Oct. 10 from COVID-19-related complications. US NAVY PHOTO

A sailor stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., died from complications related to COVID-19 earlier this month, the Navy announced Wednesday.

Master-at-Arms Senior Chief Michael Haberstumpf, 42, died from complications of COVID-19 on Oct. 10 at University of North Carolina Medical Center in Chapel Hill, according to a Navy press release. Haberstumpf is the 15th sailor to die from the disease...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/20/navy-loses-15th-sailor-to-covid-19-second-death-in-october

Navy loses 14th Sailor to COVID-19

Aviation Electrician’s Mates (AE) (Mechanical) 1st Class Cory Weber died of COVID-19 complications Oct. 3. US Navy Photo

A sailor assigned to Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Command died of complications from COVID-19 Sunday, the service announced on Wednesday.

Aviation Electrician’s Mates (Mechanical) 1st Class Cory Weber, 51, is the 14th sailor to die of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in December 2020, according to a USNI News tally of active-duty deaths. He died at Sunrise hospital...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/06/navy-loses-14th-sailor-to-covid-19

13th Sailor Dies From COVID-19 Complications

Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) 1st Class Ryan Crosby, 39. US Navy Photo

A Virginia Beach, Va., sailor assigned to Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Atlantic died on Sunday after complications from a COVID-19 infection, the Navy announced today.

Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) 1st Class Ryan Crosby, 39, tested positive for the virus on Aug. 26 and was admitted to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth on Sept. 8, and was transferred to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital on Sept....

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/20/13th-sailor-dies-from-covid-19-complications

Navy, Marine Corps Issue Policy, Deadlines for Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations for Active, Reserve Forces

Sailors with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to all unvaccinated active duty personnel assigned to commands in Puget Sound, Wash., Aug. 31, 2021. US Navy Photo

All active-duty Marines and Navy personnel must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 28, and reservists by Dec. 28, to comply with the Department of the Navy’s latest immunization policy, the services announced in all-hands messages.

The vaccines are...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/01/navy-marine-corps-issue-policy-deadlines-for-mandatory-covid-19-vaccinations-for-active-reserve-forces

Pentagon Mandating Pfizer Vaccine After FDA Approval; 2 Sailors, Marine Die of COVID-19 Complications

Navy Installations Command Force Master Chief Greg A. Vidaurri receives his second COVID-19 vaccine at Branch Health Clinic Washington Navy Yard, on Feb. 16, 2021. US Navy Photo

The Defense Department will begin requiring Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccination now that it has received full approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the Pentagon’s spokesman said today.
The Pentagon is still working on the guidance it will issue to U.S. forces about the vaccine requirement, Defense Department...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/23/pentagon-mandating-pfizer-vaccine-after-fda-approval-2-sailors-marine-die-of-covid-19-complications

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