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Is your husband allowed to leave the ship? maybe he can go to a drug store and get the things you need, I don't mean the undies, but the urine test strips. Really rooting for you and wishing this ends soon. BTW, many of the positive reports come from Retreat guests, I'm thinking the overcrowding there has something to do with this. We were on the Edge back in April 10 and I also turned positive three days after departing the ship. I wore good masks everywhere and only took them off in Luminae and the Retreat pool. The last two days of the cruise Luminae was packed, I'm sure that's where I got it.

We moved up from a SS to a RS on the Apex and I agree with you, the balcony was too small for an upper level suite. IMHO Royal Suites on the Solstice class are better, we enjoyed them on the Reflection and Eclipse. BTW, decided to pay full price for a Villa on the Edge last month and it was worth it. My only regret was going to Luminae the last two days of the cruise, because I got infected there. I know it was there because it was the only indoor place where I took my mask off. Still a great cruise and an amazing room.

No good news coming from Europe and the new sub variants. https://medriva.com/breaking-the-ecdc-has-upgraded-omicron-sub-lineages-ba-4-and-ba-5-to-variants-of-concern-from-variants-of-interest-making-it-the-first-public-health-authority-to-do-so/#gs.03cc0q

You did everything right. Right now, theoretically, no-one could be traveling with Paxlovid or Molnupilavir, just in case they get sick. Both medicines only have EUA and you need a positive COVID test to get a prescription filled in the US. Does anyone know if Celebrity can buy these antivirals? I do know that Greece and the rest of the EU also approved the use of Paxlovid a couple of months ago. What are the rules in the countries you are visiting? Maybe Celebrity can take the positive passengers that qualify for the treatment to a doctor ashore. For those of you returning home from Italy, keep in mind that the rules might change, but right now people should travel with lots of home tests, I bought five for only $25 last week in COSTCO, If you have any symptoms, please don't think is allergies, test yourself. If you don't have any symptoms, start testing yourself two days before the last day of the cruise. If you or any member of your family tests positive then you have to make some decisions. After a friend of mine was taken to a COVID hotel after testing positive in Fiumicino, I really think that @bananavan made the right decision staying on the ship, our bilingual friend had a really hard time communicating with the personnel in charge at the airport when he tested positive. Please read the article linked at the end. Not my friend's story but similar. @bananavan thanks for sharing your experience with us, hope your story helps Celebrity establish better protocols and your cruise critics family, prepare for a safer cruise experience. I really hope you test negative fast. Stay hydrated, take your vitamins and try to rest. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/carlsbad-woman-forced-quarantine-in-italy-after-testing-positive-covid/509-48466f0f-b20b-4d9e-9093-e60f4e9e7f28

Something similar to the story on the link I'm sharing happened to a friend of ours. His wife was negative and was able to come back home but he tested positive and was given little time to make a decision. This was less than 10 days ago and he just made it back yesterday, Our friend is bilingual, he speaks Spanish and English and told us that the government officials that took him away from the airport only spoke Italian. You might think that the virus is less dangerous, etc. etc. but, when in Rome, do as the Romans do... 😉 https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/carlsbad-woman-forced-quarantine-in-italy-after-testing-positive-covid/509-48466f0f-b20b-4d9e-9093-e60f4e9e7f28