Important Update!

The cruise industry is in active talks with US health officials to develop a standardized screening process aimed at detecting passengers with symptoms of swine flu as a precautionary measure for keeping ship travel safe.

Until now, the focus has been on cruise ships temporarily dropping calls in Mexico. However, the issue grew much wider with yesterday’s World Health Tourism Organization alert to all countries to activate their pandemic preparedness plans.

No cases of swine flu have been reported on cruise ships.