Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantisWhere schools are back to normal, and where kids are still learning virtually Larry Hogan’s balancing act, Biden leads a sales explosion to the state of Ohio MORE (R) on Friday criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), calling its most recent guidelines on commercial cruise breaks until November “unfounded”.
DeSantis, during a roundtable highlighting the importance of the cruise industry to Florida’s economy, asked the CDC to reevaluate its request for a ban on sailing, which the agency said should remain in effect until November this year.
“The cruise industry is essential to our state’s economy and keeping it closed until November would be devastating for the men and women who depend on the cruise lines for their livelihood and their families,” said the governor of Florida. “I urge the CDC to immediately terminate this order without a basis for prohibiting navigation to allow Florida residents in this sector to return to work.”
Florida’s revenue losses from the cruise industry’s closure during the first six months of the coronavirus pandemic totaled nearly $ 3.2 billion and resulted in the loss of nearly 49,500 jobs, according to a September 2020 report from the Commission Federal Maritime Agency, Fox News reported.
Although the CDC announced on Wednesday that its request for a ban on sailing will remain in effect until November 1, despite the Cruise Lines International Association’s request that the request be suspended earlier, the agency said it is reviewing its current guidelines for cruise.
“Returning to the passenger cruise is a phased approach to mitigate the risk of spreading COVID-19. The details for the next phase of the CSO are currently under interagency review,” the agency told Fox News.