‘Petri dishes of COVID’: CDC faces call to pause cruises as nearly 90 ships report coronavirus cases Following reports of multiple COVID-19 outbreaks aboard cruise ships, one senator is calling on public-health officials to pause sailings once again. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, posted on Twitter TWTR, -2.03% an appeal to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to halt cruising temporarily amid the latest phase of the coronavirus pandemic. iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } Passengers aboard cruise ships operated by both Carnival Corp. and Royal Caribbean complained in recent days about their trips being disrupted by COVID-19 outbreaks. “Cases that have been identified on cruise ships in recent weeks consistently make up a very slim percentage of the total population onboard, and the latest data show that COVID-19 has occurred less frequently on cruise ships than on land, with a greater proportion of asymptomatic or mild cases,” Golin-Blaugrund added.

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