The cruise line stated that the crew member was in isolation for the whole lot of the cruise.
NEW ORLEANS — Norwegian Cruise Line stated Monday {that a} South African crewmember aboard a roundtrip cruise from New Orleans is suspected to have the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
The crew member was one in every of 17 instances of COVID-19 that have been detected aboard the Norwegian Breakaway which disembarked on the Port of New Orleans on Sunday. The cruise line stated that the crew member was in isolation for the whole lot of the cruise, and the Louisiana Division of Well being stated that the person didn’t go away the ship.
Ten of the instances have been reported earlier than the ship arrived in New Orleans. Seven extra instances have been detected after the ship disembarked. A spokesperson for the cruise line advised WWL-TV that every one instances have been asymptomatic.
“Along with requiring that 100% of friends and crew are absolutely vaccinated, per the Firm’s complete well being and security protocols, we’ve applied quarantine, isolation, and get in touch with tracing procedures for recognized instances,” the cruise line spokesperson wrote in an announcement. “We’re testing all people on Norwegian Breakaway previous to disembarkation, in addition to offering post-exposure and quarantine public well being steerage by the CDC.”
The ship left the Port of New Orleans on Nov. 28 and voyaged to Belize, Honduras, and Mexico with greater than 3,200 individuals on board.
The Norwegian Breakaway left New Orleans on Sunday evening for a brand new cruise. All friends crusing on the Dec. 5 voyage have been allowed to cancel their journey with out penalty, the corporate says. Visitors that opted to sail should put on masks whereas indoors besides whereas actively consuming or ingesting and can be examined twice throughout the cruise. The cruise will no longer cease in Costa Maya because of embarkation delays in New Orleans.
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