MIAMI, Sept. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Carnival Company & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL NYSE: CUK), the world’s most significant cruise business, right now announced a new initiative building pre-board testing more hassle-free and available for its company. The exertion will aid obtain to pre-cruise COVID-19 viral screening for friends of Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and Seabourn at more than 1,500 convenient Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) affected individual company facilities and retail pharmacy testing places throughout the U.S.
The method allows streamline pre-cruise preparation for attendees planning to sail aboard Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland The us Line or Seabourn. At present, all friends, irrespective of vaccination status, will have to current a damaging COVID-19 viral take a look at taken no much more than three times in advance of their embarkation, alongside with extra health and protection necessities. Commencing September 13, 2021 and following, in accordance with CDC directives, all vaccinated company must existing a damaging COVID-19 viral take a look at taken no far more than two times in advance of their embarkation (for example, if a cruise leaves on a Saturday, friends ought to agenda their assessments for the Thursday ahead of embarking). Details about specifications are out there on the Carnival Corporation cruise line manufacturer websites.
The pre-board check (molecular or antigen) is 1 of the included steps not long ago executed by the firm’s cruise strains, which have been working with increased wellbeing and protection protocols intended to change as needed to adapt to the evolving public well being setting.
“Access to screening proceeds to engage in an crucial position in the restart of our visitor functions, and functioning with Quest simplifies the approach for our friends by making it much easier to entry handy testing choices from a trusted nationwide laboratory company,” reported Roger Frizzell, main communications officer for Carnival Company. “These tests protocols are component of our layered approach to safeguarding the well being and basic safety of our visitors, crew and the communities we take a look at.”
Guests might plan screening with Quest Diagnostics at much more than 1,500 areas, including certain Quest Diagnostics affected person provider centers and choose Walmart and other retail pharmacy places all through the U.S. Appointments are needed and might be scheduled on line via protected url presented by Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland The united states Line or Seabourn. Benefits are generally out there inside 48 several hours through email or cellular application*.
Carnival Company has labored closely with health and health-related specialists globally and nationally, as properly as with authorities in destination countries, to place in position in depth health and protection protocols for protection and mitigation across the complete cruise expertise for all of the company’s 9 makes. This features cross-industry learnings and best techniques dependent on the tested well being and security history of industrywide sailings, and enter from major experts and general public well being, epidemiological and coverage authorities. Specifics about improved protocols, together with the most current facts and necessities for every single Carnival Corporation cruise line brand, are obtainable at their web-sites.
*Turnaround time can fluctuate with need, supplies and other factors, and fluctuate by region.
About Carnival Company & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc is a person of the world’s major leisure vacation providers with a portfolio of 9 of the world’s foremost cruise lines sailing to all 7 continents. With operations in North The united states, Australia, Europe and Asia, its portfolio features Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland The us Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises (British isles) and Cunard.
Further facts can be located on www.carnivalcorp.com, www.carnival.com, www.princess.com, www.hollandamerica.com, www.seabourn.com, www.pocruises.com.au, www.costacruise.com, www.aida.de, www.pocruises.com and www.cunard.com.
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Roger Frizzell, Carnival Company, [email protected], (305) 406-7862, Mike Flanagan, LDWW, [email protected], (727) 452-4538
