The CDC issued a “no sail order” on March 14, 2020, three days after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
According to the agency’s website, the CDC “still recommends avoiding any travel on cruise ships, including river cruises, worldwide, because the risk of COVID-19 on cruise ships is very high.
The CDC updated the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order on April 2 to include additional guidance on when sailings could safely resume, and have issued clarifications to that update.
Rochelle Walensky, urging her to keep the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order in place, and to immediately halt cruises if outbreaks occur on board.