A closer look
Here’s what each designation means in detail:
Green (currently unaffected by COVID-19, per the cruise line):
❚ No confirmed COVID-19 cases or COVID-like illness for 28 days (per a medical professional); ❚ If there have been ship-to-ship transfers in the past 28 days, the previous ship must have no COVID-19 or similar illnesses the past 28 days prior to transfer; ❚ Land-based crew who embarked must have quarantined for 14 days after getting on the ship; ❚ Ships have to send an enhanced data collection form to the CDC each week, or the status turns to red.
Yellow
❚ One or more COVID-like illnesses on the ship pending a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test; ❚ Status changes to red if the test comes back positive or to green if negative; ❚ Status also changes to red if crew hasn’t been tested, or if results aren’t ready within one week of reported case; ❚ The ship will change to a red classification, too, if this isn’t the case: If there have been ship-to-ship transfers in the past 28 days, the previous ship must have had no COVID-19 or similar illnesses the past 28 days prior to transfer; and land-based crew who embarked must have quarantined for 14 days after getting on the ship.
Red
❚ Either one or more cases of COVID-19 or COVID-like illnesses within the past 28 days; ❚ Or: Ship had ship-to-ship transfers from a vessel with cases of COVID-19 or COVID-like illnesses within the past 28 days; ❚ Or: Land-based crew embarked and weren’t quarantined for 14 days; ❚ Or: In the past 28 days the ship didn’t submit one or more enhanced data collection forms.