The Centers for Illness Manage and Prevention on Thursday banned all US cruises as a result of September immediately after it documented thousands of onboard coronavirus bacterial infections as properly as “ongoing” outbreaks on ships.

The agency’s no-sail purchase was set to expire on July 24, but troubling COVID-19 details from vessels compelled the CDC to concern an extension.

“The recent scientific proof indicates that cruise ships pose a greater danger of COVID-19 transmission than other configurations,” CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield wrote in the get, noting that throughout the outbreak on the Diamond Princess, invested passengers passed the virus to four periods as a lot of folks as these living in the COVID-19 outbreak epicenter, Wuhan, China.

US cruise ships ended up residence to 2,973 coronavirus infections or possible diseases through Jul 10, the CDC identified. There have been 99 outbreaks on 123 ships, with 80 % of all US cruise ships grappling with infections.

Nine ships are nevertheless battling ongoing infections, according to the CDC.

Redfield said there is however a “lack of consensus” amongst the sector on how to set sail safely and securely. Proposals for operations that businesses originally despatched to the company are even now possibly “incomplete” or “did not fully meet up with all [CDC] necessities.”

Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean and Carnival Corp. have been ravaged by the coronavirus, with tourists and authorities viewing cruises as pure spreaders of the coronavirus.

“Cruise ship ailments amplified an previously really transmissible sickness,” Redfield wrote.