ROME (AP) – Cruise passengers were checked their temperature and tested for COVID-19 on Sunday so they can board what is considered the first cruise in the Mediterranean after the pandemic closed in Italy.
The MSC cruise line has incorporated procedures for equipment and passengers into its new protection and fitness protocols. The Great MSC, which was baptized last year, will depart from the port of Genoa in northern Italy on Sunday night for a seven-night western Mediterranean cruise.
Anyone who has tested positive, fever or other symptoms of COVID-19 will be denied boarding, the company said. Guests are required to wear a mask in the lifts and other spaces where social distance is not possible. The team spent time in quarantine before the start of the cruiser.
Earlier this month, the Italian government agreed to allow cruise ships to leave Italian ports again. But cruise ships are limited to 70% of their capacity.
MSC declined to say how many passengers on the cruiser.
Among the stops of the Grandiosa, MSC’s flagship, are Naples, Palermo, Sicily and Valletta, Malta.
Malta is one of 4 Mediterranean countries whose Italy now requires arriving travellers to pass COVID-19 tests.
For now, MSC limits its consumers to those living in the Schengen visa-free area, which has 26 European countries.
The MSC stated that the guest and the team member on board would obtain a wristband that would “facilitate contactless transactions around the vessel and track contacts and proximity.”
Cruise shipments and activities that take many Italian cities on harbour tours are a critical segment of Italy’s critical tourism industry. According to industry figures, around 12 million cruise passengers arrived or departed From Italian ports last year or made stops in Italy on their trip.
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