MIAMI, March 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Cruise
Line announced today that it is pausing operations immediately
across its fleet of ships based in North
America and will resume them on Friday, April 10. All
ships currently at sea will continue their voyages and return to
their homeports as scheduled.
Throughout this COVID-19 situation that has now turned into a
global pandemic, we have implemented higher and higher levels of
screening, monitoring and sanitation protocols to protect the
health and safety of our guests, crew and the communities we serve.
While Carnival has not had a diagnosed case linked to our operation
we realize this situation is bigger than the cruise industry and we
will continue to do our part to support public officials to manage
and contain this unprecedented public health challenge.
We are contacting booked guests directly regarding their cruise
and their options.
Our guests have been tremendously patient and understanding as
we have reacted to a rapidly changing situation and a desire to be
responsive to authorities in the U.S. and the destinations we
visit. We are very sorry that this decision will disrupt the
vacation plans for our guests and look forward to resuming
operations and providing our guests safe, fun and memorable
vacations. And it goes without saying, we can only do that
with the support of our outstanding onboard team members who have
been nothing short of amazing during this prolonged period of
challenge.
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SOURCE Carnival Cruise Line