CDC Approves First Cruise to Set Sail With Paying Passengers in June

Workers are pictured on the deck of the French-made cruise ship "Celebrity Edge" of the US company of tourism cruise, Celebrity Cruise, as it leaves the shipyards of Saint-Nazaire to go to Miami, United States in Saint-Nazaire, western France on Nov. 4, 2018. Sebastien Salom Gomis/AFP via Getty Images

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on May 26 announced that it was approving the first cruise to set sail with paying passengers since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Starting on June 26, the Celebrity Edge, a subsidiary Royal Caribbean Group, will depart Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, setting sail on a seven-night cruise of the Caribbean, marking the first time a cruise ship has sailed U.S. waters in more than a year.