Passengers, Crew On Carnival Freedom Test Positive For COVID, Third South Florida Cruise Ship Outbreak This Month

Carnival declined to say how many passengers and crew members tested positive, or were in quarantine, but did say it was a small number.

Posted Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 11:38 am ET

December 24, 2021

For a third time in less than a month, there’s been a COVID-19 outbreak on a cruise ship that either departed from Miami or Fort Lauderdale.

According to CBS4 news partner The Miami Herald, a number of passengers and crew on the Carnival Freedom have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Carnival declined to say how many passengers and crew members tested positive, or were in quarantine, but did say it was a small number.

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