Royal Caribbean Cancels Some Cruises Over Omicron

Axios reports:

Royal Caribbean International on Friday canceled trips on four ships due to spiking rates of COVID-19, the company said in a statement. The cancellations are the latest blow to the cruise industry as it responds to a surge of cases driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant.

“As a result of the ongoing COVID-related circumstances around the world, and in abundance of caution, Royal Caribbean International is pausing operations” on multiple ships, the company said.

Those ships include Vision of the Seas, Serenade of the Seas, Jewel of the Seas and Symphony of the Seas. Symphony of the Seas is anticipated to return on Jan. 29, the earliest of all of the ships.

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Royal Caribbean International on Friday canceled trips on four ships due to spiking rates of COVID. The ships include:

• Vision of the Seas
• Serenade of the Seas
• Jewel of the Seas
• Symphony of the Seashttps://t.co/NfYB0f70ug

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