SUBMIT IMAGE: Cruise ships are seen anchored at Miami port as the tourist market is impacted by the spread of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19), in Miami, Florida, UNITED STATE, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Aug 5 (Reuters)– UNITED STATE cruise ship drivers have actually consented to willingly put on hold sea trips till a minimum ofOct 31, a market body claimed on Wednesday, as brand-new COVID-19 infections remain to rise in the nation.

The Cruise Lines International Association claimed its participants, that include the 3 largest UNITED STATE cruise ship drivers Carnival Corp, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd and also Royal Caribbean Group, would certainly review a feasible more expansion on or prior toSept 30.

The UNITED STATE Centers for Disease Control and also Prevention (CDC) has a no-sail order for all cruise liner with following month’s end.

The cruise ship market has actually been amongst the most awful struck by the pandemic, with ships in Japan, Australia and also California making headings for the spread coronavirus situations onboard.

On Monday, Norway quit all cruise liner with greater than 100 individuals aboard from getting off at its ports after an episode of COVID-19 was reported on a ship, run by Norwegian firm Hurtigruten, that had actually currently gotten off at the port ofTromsoe (Reporting by Mehr Bedi in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)

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