No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation
| Published date | 24 March 2020 |
| Record Number | 2020-06166 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Centers For Disease Control And Prevention,Health And Human Services Department |
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Carrier is defined by 42 CFR 71.1 to mean ‘‘a
ship, aircraft, train, road vehicle, or other means of
transport, including military.’’
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Given the substantial risk of person-to-person
transmission of COVID–19, as opposed to
transmission via indirect contact, this Order is
currently limited to passenger, non-cargo vessels.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
No Sail Order and Suspension of
Further Embarkation
AGENCY
: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), a
component of the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS), announces
the issuance of a No Sail Order and
Suspension of Further Embarkation on
March 14, 2020 for all cruise ships that
are not voluntarily suspending
operation.
DATES
: This action was effective March
14, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Jennifer Buigut, Division of Global
Migration and Quarantine, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600
Clifton Road NE, MS V18–2, Atlanta,
GA 30329. Phone: 404–498–1600.
Email: dgmqpolicy@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: On March
14, 2020, the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention issued
the following No Sail Order and Other
Measures Related to Operations. A copy
of the order is provided below and a
copy of the signed order can be found
at https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/
cruise/index.html.
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) Order Under
Sections 361 & 365 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264, 268) and 42
Code of Federal Regulations Part 70
(Interstate) and Part 71 (Foreign): No
Sail Order and Other Measures Related
to Operations
Applicability
This Notice of No Sail Order and
Other Measures Related to Operations
shall apply only to the subset of
carriers
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described below and
hereinafter referred to as ‘‘cruise ships,’’
except this Order shall not apply to any
cruise ship that voluntarily suspends
operations for the period of this Order:
All commercial, non-cargo,
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passenger-carrying vessels operating in
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Based on substantial epidemiological evidence
related to congregate settings and mass gatherings,
this Order suspends operation of vessels with the
capacity to carry 250 individuals or more. Evidence
shows that settings as small as nursing homes or
movie theaters can proliferate the spread of a
communicable disease. As the numbers of
passengers and crew onboard a ship increases,
certain recommended mitigation efforts such as
social distancing become more difficult to
implement. In light of the demonstrated rapid
spread of this communicable disease in current
cruise ship settings, application of this Order to
vessels carrying 250 or more individuals is a
prudent and warranted public health measure.
Moreover, the management of current coronavirus
cases in addition to existing seasonal care needs
(e.g., influenza) has placed an extreme burden on
the public health and healthcare systems and this
Order will help avoid further stressing those
systems.
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This order shall not apply to vessels operated by
a U.S. Federal or State government agency. Nor
shall it apply to vessels being operated solely for
purposes of the provision of essential services, such
as the provision of medical care, emergency
response, activities related to public health and
welfare, or government services, such as food,
water, and electricity.
international, interstate, or intrastate
waterways and subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States with
the capacity to carry 250
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or more
individuals (passengers and crew) with
an itinerary anticipating an overnight
stay onboard or a twenty-four (24) hour
stay onboard for either passengers or
crew.
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General Background
COVID–19 is a communicable disease
caused by a novel (new) coronavirus,
SARS–CoV–2, that was first identified
as the cause of an outbreak of
respiratory illness that began in Wuhan,
China. The virus is thought to spread
primarily by person-to-person contact
through respiratory droplets produced
when an infected person coughs or
sneezes; it may also spread through
contact with contaminated surfaces or
objects. Manifestations of severe disease
have included severe pneumonia, acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS),
septic shock, and multi-organ failure.
According to the World Health
Organization (WHO), approximately
3.6% of reported COVID–19 cases have
resulted in death globally. This
mortality rate is higher among the
elderly or those with compromised
immune systems. Older adults and
people who have severe chronic
medical conditions like heart, lung, or
kidney disease are also at higher risk for
more serious COVID–19 illness. Early
data suggest older people are twice as
likely to have serious COVID–19 illness.
On January 30, 2020, the Director
General of the WHO declared that the
outbreak of COVID–19 constitutes a
Public Health Emergency of
International Concern under the
International Health Regulations. The
following day, the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) declared that COVID–19
constitutes a public health emergency
under the Public Health Service Act. To
date, CDC has issued Level 3 Travel
Health Notices recommending that
travelers avoid all nonessential travel to
China, Iran, South Korea, and most of
Europe; the U.S. Department of State
has issued a global Level 3 Health
Advisory directing U.S. citizens to
reconsider all travel abroad due to the
global impact of COVID–19 and Level 4
Travel Advisories (Do Not Travel) for
China, Iran, and certain parts of Italy. In
addition, CDC has recommended that
travelers, particularly those with
underlying health conditions, avoid all
cruise ship travel worldwide; the U.S.
Department of State has similarly issued
guidance that U.S. citizens should not
travel by cruise ship at this time. As of
March 11, 2020, the President of the
United States has suspended entry to
the U.S. by most foreign nationals who
have recently visited China, Iran, and
most of Europe due to COVID–19. On
March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the
COVID–19 outbreak a pandemic. As of
March 13, 2020, there have been over
132,000 cases of COVID–19 globally in
over 122 locations resulting in over
4,950 deaths; more than 1,620 cases
have been identified in the United
States, with new cases being reported
daily and over 41 deaths due to the
disease. A Presidential Declaration of
National Emergency concerning
COVID–19 was issued on March 13,
2020.
Global efforts to slow transmission
have included drastic control measures
with substantial societal and economic
impact. Countries such as Russia,
Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Israel,
and the United States have imposed
stringent restrictions on travelers who
have recently been in China. Similar
travel restrictions have since been
imposed on individuals from countries
experiencing substantial outbreaks,
including Iran, South Korea, and
Europe. In many countries, including
the United States, citizens, permanent
residents, and their close relatives
returning from areas known to have
high rates of infection are being
requested to self-quarantine for 14 days
(a period estimated to encompass the
incubation period for the virus)
following return from countries with
sustained community transmission.
Despite these unprecedented global
efforts at containment, cases of COVID–
19 have been shown to rapidly
propagate, crossing international
borders with ease. For example, the
Islamic Republic of Iran has seeded at
least 97 COVID–19 cases in 11 other
countries, as reported by the WHO, and
as of March 9, 2020, the Schengen Area
of Europe has exported 201 COVID–19
cases to 53 countries.
In the United States, community
transmission has occurred in
Washington State, California, and New
York. CDC is closely monitoring
COVID–19 transmission and is
supporting state and local health
departments in conducting contact
tracing investigations of confirmed
COVID–19 cases identified in the
United States. These investigations are
complex and resource intensive;
persons identified as infected or at-risk
can require observation, movement
restriction (such as isolation or
quarantine), clinical evaluation, and
care. Public health authorities in the
United States are working concurrently
to contain the spread of the disease and
mitigate its impact.
Risk of Transmission on Cruise Ships
Cruise ships often involve the
movement of a number of people in
closed and semi-closed settings. Cruises
vary in size, with larger cruises
involving populations of more than
4,000 passengers and crew. Like other
close-contact environments, cruise ships
facilitate transmission of COVID–19.
There are several features of cruise
ships that increase the risk of COVID–
19 transmission. A hallmark of cruise
travel is the number and variety of
person-to-person contacts an individual
passenger may have daily. The
dynamics of passenger-to-passenger,
passenger-to-crew, crew-to-passenger,
and crew-to-crew intermingling in a
semi-closed setting are particularly
conducive to SARS–CoV–2 spread,
resulting in high transmission rates.
Cruises include frequent events that
bring passengers and crew close
together, including group and buffet
dining, entertainment events, and
excursions. Cruise ship cabins are small,
increasing the risk of transmission
between cabinmates. Close quartering is
a particular concern for crew, who
typically eat and sleep in small,
crowded spaces. Infection among crew
members may lead to transmission on
sequential cruises on the same vessel
because crew members may continue
working and living onboard the ship
from one cruise to the next. Crew from
one ship may in turn serve onboard
multiple different ships for subsequent
voyages, which also has the potential to
amplify transmission.
Transmission of COVID–19 on cruise
ships may also be amplified by
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difficulty decontaminating numerous
surfaces in common areas.
Contamination of frequently touched
surfaces, such as door handles and
faucets in public toilet rooms, elevator
buttons, handrails in stairs and
passageways, and utensils/dispensing
mechanisms (for beverages) in self-
service buffets, etc., is also likely to be
a significant factor in transmission. Less
obvious examples of frequently touched
surfaces, include playing cards, slot
machine levers, and chips in the casino;
computer keyboards in the internet cafe
´;
books, puzzles, and games in the library;
gym equipment; counters and surfaces
in gift shops; and the cruise card used
by passengers to pay/register for
everything on board and exit/enter the
ship in port. The high volume of people
on board a cruise ship and wealth of
high-touch surfaces make successful
control of this method of transmission
very difficult.
Moreover, the nature of cruise travel
presents additional opportunities for
spread of the disease to ports of calls
and passengers’ home communities.
During a cruise, disembarkation of
passengers at sequential ports of call
under uncontrolled conditions may lead
to disease transmission in those ports.
Once a cruise concludes, passengers
residing in different countries or
throughout the United States may
require air transportation or other types
of common carriers to return home.
Return of disembarked infected
passengers to their communities could
lead to widespread, interstate disease
transmission.
Quarantine and isolation measures are
difficult to implement effectively
onboard a cruise ship and only occur
after an infection has already been
identified onboard a cruise. If ships are
at capacity, it may not be feasible to
fully separate ill and well persons
onboard the ship, particularly among
the crew. Because crew are required to
continue working to keep a ship safely
operating, effective quarantine for crew
is particularly challenging.
Already Observed Impact of Cruise Ship
Travel in General and in the U.S.
Cruise ship travel has already been
associated with a number of COVID–19
clusters and outbreaks, including on the
Diamond Princess (Asia) and the Grand
Princess (California to Mexico,
California to Hawaii). The threat of
spread is not limited to larger cruise
ships. An outbreak onboard a Nile River
cruise with 171 passengers and crew (29
of which were American citizens)
resulted in 45 confirmed COVID–19
cases (3 of which are American
citizens). Many of these passengers
returned home before any notifications
about COVID–19 were provided,
potentially spreading the disease to
their home communities. Evidence of
COVID–19 transmission onboard six
similar Nile River cruise ships, each
carrying approximately 100 passengers,
illustrates that even ships with
moderate numbers of passengers and
crew onboard carry a substantial risk of
disease transmission and outbreak.
The initial stages of the COVID–19
epidemic were marked by the outsized
role of a single cruise ship, the Diamond
Princess in Yokohama, Japan, which for
a period of 18 days was the setting for
the largest number of cases outside the
original epicenter in China. The
outbreak of COVID–19 onboard the
Diamond Princess demonstrates the
speed and extent of disease
transmission that can occur onboard
cruise ships. Despite quarantine and
isolation efforts, more than 700 cases of
infection with the virus that causes
COVID–19 were identified among
Diamond Princess passengers and crew
during the three weeks following the
identification of one case of COVID–19
in a person who was symptomatic
before leaving the ship. There are
several cases of severe disease
associated with the Diamond Princess,
including at least six deaths.
Additionally, approximately half of the
infected passengers did not report
symptoms at the time their infections
were diagnosed.
On March 4, 2020, Placer County,
California officials reported the death of
a passenger who had been onboard the
Grand Princess cruise ship during a
voyage from February 11–21, 2020
(Sailing A) and was a confirmed
COVID–19 case. As of March 7, 2020,
there were 22 presumptive positive
cases of COVID–19 among persons who
were onboard Sailing A. The Grand
Princess left San Francisco for a second
sailing on February 21 (Sailing B). Sixty-
eight passengers and most of the crew
from Sailing A were also on Sailing B.
While testing of those who were
onboard Sailing B continues, to date, 22
crew and 8 passengers have tested
positive for COVID–19. As a result of
the outbreak onboard the Grand
Princess, the Federal government
engaged in a massive effort to disembark
and quarantine American passengers
from the ship on four military bases to
help prevent further transmission to the
passengers’ home communities.
Passengers from Sailing A were from
more than 30 U.S. states and 25
countries; Sailing B included passengers
from over 50 countries. More than 70
persons from this voyage have reported
symptoms and require assessment and
evaluation and additional confirmed
cases in multiple states/countries are
anticipated.
The Director Has Reason To Believe
That Cruise Ship Travel May Continue
To Introduce, Transmit, or Spread
COVID–19
Cruise ship travel markedly increases
the risk and impact of the COVID–19
disease outbreak within the United
States. Disembarkation of passengers at
sequential ports may lead to disease
transmission in those ports. Return of
disembarked infected passengers to
their communities could lead to
widespread disease transmission. Cases
that have been confirmed to date may
have led to secondary transmission,
including in a healthcare worker.
Furthermore, the passenger
population of cruises often includes a
substantial number of older adults,
meaning there is higher risk for COVID–
19 morbidity and mortality. Industry
trade publications report that 51% of
cruise ship passengers are over the age
of 50. The median age of passengers
onboard the Grand Princess Sailing B,
for example, was 66 and 1,200
passengers on the ship were over age 70.
Given these demographics, many cruise
passengers are at high risk for severe
disease if they become infected.
Beyond the risk to these individuals,
the intensive care requirements for
cruise ship passengers with severe
disease stresses a healthcare system
already overburdened and facing a
shortage of beds needed for influenza
and other seasonal and critical
healthcare conditions. The addition of
further cruise ship cases place
healthcare workers at substantial
increased risk. Specifically, these cases
divert medical resources away from
persons with other medical problems
and other COVID–19 cases, consuming
precious diagnostics, therapeutics, and
protective equipment. Ongoing concerns
with cruise ship transmission also draw
valuable resources away from the
immense Federal, state, and local effort
to contain and mitigate the spread of
COVID–19. Safely evacuating, triaging,
quarantining, and repatriating cruise
ship passengers involves complex
logistics, incurs financial costs at all
levels of government, and diverts
resources away from larger efforts to
suppress or mitigate the virus.
Coordination Efforts With the Cruise
Ship Industry
To address the continued and
significant risks and burdens posed by
ongoing cruise ship operations, CDC
and other Federal agencies have
engaged with representatives from
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COVID–19 is a communicable disease for which
quarantine is authorized under Section 361 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264) and 42
CFR 70.1, 71.1, as listed in Executive Order 13295,
as amended by Executive Orders 13375 and 13674.
Cruise Lines International Association
(‘‘CLIA’’), the leading industry trade
group. To that end, CLIA members and
certain individual cruise lines have
voluntarily taken steps to try to mitigate
the impact of the spread of COVID–19.
On March 13, 2020, CLIA and their
associated members announced that all
member cruise lines would voluntarily
suspend cruise ship operations from
U.S. ports of call for 30 days as public
health officials and the Federal
government continue to address
COVID–19. The Federal government
recognizes the enormity and importance
of this action taken by CLIA and the
commitment it demonstrates to
protecting the health of both cruise ship
passengers and the public at large.
Following the example set by CLIA
members, additional cruise lines have
also voluntarily suspended operations
from U.S. ports of call. Although the
CLIA members and the additional cruise
lines implementing a voluntary
suspension of operations represent a
large majority of the cruise industry, not
all cruise lines or ships have announced
a voluntary suspension of operations or
that they will follow the important
example set by CLIA members. This
Order is intended to cover and
specifically apply to those cruise lines
or ships that do not undertake a
voluntary suspension of operations. As
a result, this Order specifically excludes
from applicability any cruise line or
ship that voluntarily suspends
operations for the period of this Order,
as CLIA members have done.
Findings and Immediate Action
Accordingly, and consistent with 42
CFR 71.32(b), the Director of CDC
(‘‘Director’’) finds evidence to support a
reasonable belief that cruise ships are or
may become infected or contaminated
with a quarantinable communicable
disease.
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This reasonable belief is based
on information from epidemiologic and
other data regarding the nature and
transmission of COVID–19 on cruise
ships from the recent outbreaks onboard
the Diamond Princess, Grand Princess,
and other cruise ships. As a result,
cruise ship passengers may be infected
with or exposed to COVID–19 by virtue
of having been onboard a cruise ship at
a time when cases of COVID–19 are
being reported in significant numbers
globally and specifically on cruise
ships, when testing is available. The
Director also finds that cruise ship
travel may exacerbate the global spread
of COVID–19. The scope of this
pandemic is inherently and necessarily
a problem that is international and
interstate in nature, and cannot be
controlled sufficiently by the cruise ship
industry or individual state or local
health authorities. Accordingly, under
42 CFR 70.2, the Director determines
that measures taken or likely to be taken
by state and local health authorities
regarding COVID–19 onboard cruise
ships are inadequate to prevent the
further interstate spread of the disease.
The Director further determines that
this Order provides public health
authorities, in concert with the cruise
ship industry, the necessary pause in
operations to develop and implement an
appropriate and robust plan to prevent
and mitigate the spread of COVID–19,
and acts to prevent the spread of the
disease and ensure cruise ship
passenger and crew health.
Therefore, in accordance with
Sections 361 and 365 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264, 268)
and 42 CFR 70.2, 71.32(b), for all cruise
ships not voluntarily suspending
operations for the period described
below, it is ordered:
1. Cruise ship operators shall be
allowed to disembark passengers and
crew members at ports or stations only
as directed by the United States Coast
Guard (USCG), in consultation with
HHS/CDC personnel and, as
appropriate, as coordinated with
Federal, state, and local authorities.
2. Cruise ship operators shall not
reembark any crew member, except as
approved by USCG, in consultation with
HHS/CDC personnel, until further
notice.
3. Cruise ship operators shall not
embark any new passengers or crew,
except as approved by USCG, or other
Federal authorities as appropriate, in
consultation with HHS/CDC personnel.
4. Cruise ship operators shall not
commence or continue operations (e.g.,
shifting berths, moving to anchor, or
discharging waste), except as approved
by USCG, in consultation with HHS/
CDC personnel, until further notice.
5. While in port, the cruise ship
operator shall observe health
precautions as directed by HHS/CDC
personnel.
6. The cruise ship operator shall
comply with all HHS/CDC, USCG, and
other Federal agency instructions to
follow CDC recommendations and
guidance for any public health actions
relating to passengers, crew, ship, or any
article or thing on board the ship, as
needed, including by making ship’s
manifests and logs available and
collecting any specimens for COVID–19
testing.
7. This order does not prevent the
periodic reboarding of the ship by HHS/
CDC personnel and/or USCG and/or
other Federal, state, or local agencies or
the taking on of ships’ stores and
provisions under the supervision of
HHS/CDC personnel and/or USCG.
8. This order does not prevent the
ship from taking actions necessary to
maintain the seaworthiness or safety of
the ship, or the safety of harbor
conditions, such as movement to
establish safe anchorage, or as otherwise
directed by USCG personnel.
CDC may modify this order by an
updated publication in the Federal
Register or by posting an advisory to
follow at www.cdc.gov.
Authority
The authority for these orders is
Sections 361 and 365 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264, 268)
and 42 CFR 70.2, 71.32(b).
Dated: March 19, 2020.
Robert R. Redfield,
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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