{"id":265646,"date":"2021-04-01T14:48:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=265646"},"modified":"2021-04-01T14:48:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:48:15","slug":"vaccination-is-key-to-return-of-cruise-ships-in-2021-says-tourism-minister-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/covid-19\/vaccination-is-key-to-return-of-cruise-ships-in-2021-says-tourism-minister-charles\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccination is key to return of cruise ships in 2021 says Tourism Minister Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_105536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105536\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-105536\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cruise-ship-642x428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cruise-ship-642x428.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cruise-ship-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cruise-ship-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cruise-ship.jpg 1420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors disembarking from a cruise ship in Dominica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cruise ships could return to the country\u2019s ports by summer 2021 Tourism Minister Denise Charles has indicated but according to her the key is vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>Director of Tourism, Colin Piper, mentioned recently that achieving herd immunity against the dreaded Covid-19 could determine future tourist arrivals to Dominica.<\/p>\n<p>Herd immunity, or community immunity, will be achieved when a large part of Dominica\u2019s population becomes immune to the coronavirus. The Dominica government has set a target of 70% of the population being vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cruise ships they are ready to come back to Dominica. I have had a few meetings with them, they are looking at May\/June ,\u201d Charles said in an interview with State-Owned DBS Radio.<\/p>\n<p>She said the cruise companies \u00a0are ensuring that all their staff \u00a0and employees get vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>She said they are still going to follow some protocols for dis-embarkation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll they want to ensure is that when they bring their guest here, people can feel safe as well,\u201d the minister stated.<\/p>\n<p>She stressed the importance of taxi and tour operators getting vaccinated and having their vaccination card, \u201cso that they can feel like they are operating in a safe environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meantime, Charles said the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) &#8220;is on the cards&#8221; once the country achieves herd immunity&#8230;\u201cReally the onus is on our citizens \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cIf we really want World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) let\u2019s play our role and get vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charles explained that being vaccinated reduces one\u2019s ability to transmit the virus or if one contracts the virus it would become as a common flu, \u201cSo that is an advantage in itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are still monitoring to see how things go, see if there are certain protocols we should have,\u201d she said and revealed that in this regard, the Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) is planning to meet with the Ministry of Health to see whether the WCMF should be staged this year and what protocols must be put in place &#8220;to ensure that happens in a safe way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cruise ships could return to the country\u2019s ports by summer 2021 Tourism Minister Denise Charles has indicated but according to her the key is vaccination. 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