The $5 billion a year industry is adopting a radical new suite of health and safety measures to keep passengers safe amid the global pandemic – and restore confidence in cruising.
"Since then, we have been working with health authorities and medical experts [to develop COVID safe health measures]." "What you'll see first is you'll see ships based in Brisbane and based in Sydney.. and what they'll be doing is catering to the local markets." This includes robots that roam its ships' public areas to sanitise surfaces at night, daily saliva testing of passengers via a world-first onboard laboratory, and UVC and electrostatic air filters that ensure 99.99 per cent of pathogens including COVID cannot spread through ventilation.
The cruise industry had issues with on board infections long before COVID. Hand sanitizer at the restaurant doors won’t cut it this time.