CLIA says industry wide procedures to prevent outbreaks of coronavirus onboard cruise ships and protocols to care for guests on land to avoid quarantine onboard should an outbreak occur are under preparation.
This follows a meeting with the US Vice President Mike Pence and acting Homeland Security Chief Chad Wolf on 7 March.
“We thank the Vice President for a productive meeting marked by our shared focus on public health. We have committed to do even more to protect our guests, our crew and the communities where we sail. This includes more stringent boarding procedures, adding additional onboard medical resources and temperature screenings at embarkation,” CLIA said in a statement.
“We will also develop industry funded protocols to care for guests on land in the event of an incident to eliminate future incidents of onboard quarantine. We are pleased to know the government agencies are prepared to work with us in developing these aggressive new measures. We expect to report back this week with further details of this enhanced approach to protecting public health,” CLIA stated.