{"id":119857,"date":"2021-08-13T15:56:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T15:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=119857"},"modified":"2021-08-13T15:56:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T15:56:39","slug":"27-vaccinated-people-test-positive-for-covid-on-a-carnival-cruise-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/27-vaccinated-people-test-positive-for-covid-on-a-carnival-cruise-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"27 vaccinated people test positive for Covid on a Carnival cruise ship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Twenty-seven people tested positive for Covid-19 aboard the Carnival Vista cruise ship, which docked in Belize on Wednesday, according to the Belize Tourism Board.<\/p>\n
Only one of the positive cases was a passenger; the remaining 26 were crew members. All 27 people were vaccinated and are experiencing mild or no symptoms, the country's tourism board said.<\/p>\n
Contact tracing was conducted, and no other positive cases were discovered.<\/p>\n
There are 2,895 guests and 1,441 crew on the ship that sailed from Galveston, Texas, the tourism board said.<\/p>\n
According to The Washington Post, Carnival said it announced last week that there were positive cases on board but did not disclose how many cases there were at that time.<\/p>\n
"Carnival is managing a small number of positive COVID cases on Carnival Vista sailing out of Galveston. This despite all of our crew and almost all of our guests being vaccinated," a spokesperson for Carnival Cruises said in a statement.<\/p>\n
"We have managed the situation utilizing stringent health protocols which included placing those who tested positive in isolation and close contacts in quarantine."<\/p>\n
As of Saturday, all guests will be required to show proof of a negative Covid test, regardless of their vaccination status, Carnival said.<\/p>\n
Shares of Carnival Cruises fell more than 1% on Friday.<\/p>\n