the government is a saying if you don t do this now when people are double vaccinated and they are being tested when would you get the system up tested when would you get the system up and running? but it is worth noting that it is not being reciprocated across the board. there are slightly different arrangements depending on what country in the eu you go to and not being reciprocated by the us where they are still not wanting people from the uk to travel at there and they are advising against travel to the uk as well despite the fact there has been some hope remember back at the g7 summit when the world leaders got to get that there was talking about some sort of uk us travel corridor which has not come to pass it by the government hopes there will be some reciprocity down the line but at this stage they are going it on their own. it is worth noting the wider context. we have seen again the number of covid cases fall in the number of covid cases fall in the united kingdom and there is
surveillance testing throughout. it includes those things we have become use to in modern life such as face coverings and social distancing, all of our ships have medicalfacilities on board and testing facilities on board. and for all of our itineraries we have worked very closely with local porch health and public health so we can again work closely with those authorities for our safe return to service.- our safe return to service. given those protocols, our safe return to service. given those protocols, to our safe return to service. given those protocols, to what - our safe return to service. given those protocols, to what extent| our safe return to service. given i those protocols, to what extent is it still a pleasurable experience to go on an international cruise? you are absolutely go on an international cruise? ym. are absolutely right, our guests are looking for a break and many of them have not had one for some time. 2 million people who normally take a cruise from the
elsewhere in the world. there s about 800,000 people globally have taken a cruise holiday and that has been a safe return to service, whether in europe or asia or more recently north america, and our customers and our guests can rely upon the fact we have built a multilayered approach to our safety and wellness onboard for ships and there will be. absolutely the well being of our guess is at the centre of what we do. that well-being of our guess is at the centre of what we do. that sounds fine, andy. centre of what we do. that sounds fine. andy. but centre of what we do. that sounds fine, andy, but tell centre of what we do. that sounds fine, andy, but tell us centre of what we do. that sounds fine, andy, but tell us in - centre of what we do. that sounds fine, andy, but tell us in detail, i fine, andy, but tell us in detail, what is that multilayered approach to safety? sure. it starts with 100% mandatory testing of all of our guests before embarkation. it includes health scree
plus was so even if you had had a double vaccination you will have to quarantine if coming from france and that will be reviewed next week but this has more broadly been welcomed by the travel and tourism sector and the labour have expressed some concerns. they say the government should have waited until there was an internationally recognised vaccine passport, a way of proving it was accepted across the board that people have had both jabs before this was introduced. it is also worth a sink we have not heard yet whether scotland and northern ireland will accept this and in wales, the first minister mark drakeford expressed some dra keford expressed some reservations. drakeford expressed some reservations. this is what he had to say earlier. given that they are making decisions that we probably wouldn t have made for ourselves, - it s very important that the uk government is able to offer us assurances that the risks thatl will be run, and there are risks whenever people visit - from