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On 3/21/2022 at 9:04 AM, SailorPaulH said:

I am seeing the updated elimination of requirement for masks and quarantine in room after embarkation test in my MVJ with a 3/17/2022 "Important Pre-Departure Information- Travel Requirements' document. The last line is interesting .... how to interpret?

 

'This document will be updated to reflect requirements for the countries along your journey effective on April 1.'

 

The countries along my journey don't require testing, so this suggests - to me - that more relaxations (of testing) could be on the way!?

We are seeing the same thing, Viking pre-cruise requirements doc states their testing requirements will meet the country of entry testing requirements, yet we are going to Hungary where there are no testing or entry requirements.   Viking links to here https://www.police.hu/en/content/for-the-attention-of-travelers which makes the point.  

So we are paying for testing, and pre cruise requirements over and above governmental, while the chairman of the company says:

"I consider this thing, COVID, is really behind us," Viking chairman Torstein Hagen said during a media briefing on Wednesday. "There are more of us who will get it. But now it's a much less serious thing, and we should get back to life as normal."

Cruise life back to normal would be very welcome sir. 

Anyone have an update on this? Seems like a tough situation down there.