A Royal Caribbean cruise ship was denied entry into Curacao and Aruba after at least 55 people tested positive for COVID-19

• A Royal Caribbean cruise ship was denied entry into Curacao and Aruba after a COVID-19 outbreak.
• At least 55 passengers and crew members tested positive for COVID-19, the Miami Herald reported.
• This is the company’s second cruise ship to face a COVID-19 outbreak in the last two weeks.

A Royal Caribbean cruise ship was denied entry into Curacao and Aruba after at least 55 people tested positive for COVID-19, the Miami Herald reported on Wednesday. 

The 55 individuals who tested positive on the Odyssey of the Seas were fully vaccinated passengers and crew members, the report said, and were among around 5,500 people on the ship. 

The ship was was denied entry to the two Caribbean islands after setting sail on Saturday, and it will now stay at sea until its December 26 return to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the report said. 

Two people on the ship told the Herald that three passengers and 52 crew members had contracted the virus, but Royal Caribbean did not confirm the breakdown. 

Royal Caribbean did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment. 

The company’s guidelines require travelers over the age of 12 to be vaccinated with either two shots of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

This is the company’s second cruise ship to face a COVID-19 outbreak in the last two weeks.

Royal Caribbean said on Monday that at least 48 passengers and staff on its Symphony of the Seas ship, which returned to Miami on Saturday, had tested positive for COVID-19.