• The CDC and Prevention is ending its monitoring program for COVID-19 cases on cruise ships.
• Cruise ships have come under scrutiny throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
• The CDC’s authority is brought under legal question, with its power attenuated or halted by courts.

The monitoring programme for COVID-19 cases aboard cruise ships will come to an end; according to a statement made this week by the CDC.

The CDC announced that its “COVID-19 Program for Cruise Ships; is no longer in force” in a brief note on its COVID-19 travel advice.

According to the organisation, “CDC will continue to issue recommendations to assist cruise ships; in maintaining a safer and healthier environment for passengers, crew; and communities moving ahead.”

The CDC admitted that there is still a “slight risk of COVID-19 transmission” while travelling by cruise ship; but said that these days, ships “have access to guidelines and resources to manage their own COVID-19; mitigation programmes.”

The Hill has contacted the CDC for further information about the choice to stop; its cruise ship programme.

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Cruise ships have been under intense attention during the coronavirus epidemic; because health officials said the enormous ships may house and transmit the virus; especially when thousands of passengers and crew members shared confined areas.

Companies that operate cruise ships and communities that rely on the tourism; that the ships promote have consistently resisted limits on cruise ships. The CDC’s jurisdiction over cruise ship guidelines has come under judicial scrutiny; and courts have at various times scaled back or suspended it.

Last year, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), who campaigned against the implementation of virtually all COVID-19 regulations; threatened to use all legal means at his disposal to stop; the application of the CDC’s recommendations.

After originally issuing a no-sail order at the outset of the epidemic; the CDC maintained a Conditional Sailing Order for the majority of the pandemic. The injunction expired at the start of this year; and the CDC discontinued its COVID-19 warning system with tiers in March.

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