NORWEGIAN Cruise Line (NCL) has enhanced its health & safety measures, with guests who have visited China, Hong Kong, and Macau now required to submit proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 48 hours prior to their voyage. The enhanced measures will only apply to those who have...
NORWEGIAN Cruise Line (NCL) has enhanced its health & safety measures, with guests who have visited China, Hong Kong, and Macau now required to submit proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 48 hours prior to their voyage.
The enhanced measures will only apply to those who have visited the regions within 10 days of embarkation, as precautionary measures to deal with the virus after the Chinese Communist Party’s abandonment of its COVID-zero policy.
Additionally, these guests will be required to take a COVID-19 PCR test at the embarkation port, and will be required to test on board the ship every 48 hours, until at least 10 days have passed from when they left in these regions.
These guests must also be fully vaccinated and boosted with an approved vaccine prior to embarkation.
Guests that hold a passport from one of these regions will be subjected to the same protocols unless they can provide proof they have not visited these regions within 10 days prior to embarkation.
The protocols apply to all sailings embarking this month, with Norwegian saying the health, safety and well-being of its guests, crews, and communities it visits is its number one priority.
“As a result of growing concerns regarding COVID-19 in China, and recently implemented travel restrictions by several countries including the United States, we are proactively implementing preventative health and safety measures.
“We apologise for any inconvenience caused by these measures and thank our guests for their continued understanding as we work to protect the health, safety and well-being of our guests, crew and communities we visit worldwide.
“As always, we will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide updates as appropriate.”
The new measures are not dissimilar to those introduced by a variety of countries around the world, including Australia, which are forcing travellers arriving from China to test before arriving.
Australia requires travellers from China to test within 48 hours of departure.
