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Carnival says most itineraries unchanged even as Omicron cases rise

Published 12/28/2021, 01:00 PM
Updated 12/28/2021, 05:55 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Carnival cruise ship is docked, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Long Beach, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Carnival cruise ship is docked, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Long Beach, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

(Reuters) -Carnival Corp said on Tuesday a majority of its ships' itineraries were unchanged despite a surge in cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which has threatened to stall a recovery in the cruise industry.

The world's largest cruise operator, however, said a few destination ports were reviewing their protocols and processes due to the fast-spreading new variant.

Many passengers and media reports, including those from CNN and Euronews, said authorities of a few ports in the Caribbean, Puerto Rico and Mexico disallowed passengers to disembark from cruise ships that were carrying active COVID-19 cases.

"Looks like my cruise this Friday is a cruise to no where," wrote one Reddit user on a Royal Caribbean (NYSE:RCL) forum late Monday.

Carnival (NYSE:CUK) said on Monday it would find an alternative destination should it be forced to cancel a port.

Royal Caribbean Group did not respond to a Reuters request for comment, while Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH) Holdings Ltd declined to comment.

"The cruise lines' reaction to the substantial increase in COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron surge is largely hit or miss," said James Walker, a Miami-based maritime lawyer.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also identified more than 85 cruise ships with COVID-19 cases on board, the agency said on Tuesday.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Carnival cruise ship is docked, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Long Beach, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

On Monday, the CDC said 68 ships with COVID-19 cases had met its threshold for an investigation.

The Omicron variant has sparked concerns that U.S. health officials may reintroduce a temporary ban on cruising, just months after U.S. cruise operators resumed guest operations.

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I don"t understand why people buy this stock before the highest wave of covid... And the best of all are all comment that Omnicron is a light flu hehe.. CNBC or here i read that Omnicron omnicron ? what omnicron ? Wake up people you read sponsored articles.. soon Carnival goes down more than 30% .. read CNBC -- lose your money !! Omnicron will attack most of us.. and than what ???? What if it mutated ? What than ? Buy carnival read cnbc do not vaccin... WAKE UP
You buy when is down...By the spring Omricon will be the past. If Cruises can survive in the meantime, they will be up at a minimum of 30-40% to the summer season.It's speculative. Do you think Sp500 will do 30% by the summer? I doubt it.
the only other danger to the cruises, is a general market downturn and a bear market, then you will end up with cruise stock(s) in a price consolidation. that could last years.
the cruise line companies are zombie insolvent crap.
Thanks to vac mandates we now know vac are complete *******
co Gonz..thanks for volunteering yourself and your family for the culling. the planet thanks you.
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