The committee has sent a letter to Carnival CEO Arnold Donald with requests for a variety of documents looking for further details on how Carnival responded to the COVID-19 outbreak and more specifically what did they do after learning about the spread of COVID-19.
We have included a request of what they are looking for below for your reference. We will add more details as they become available.
1. A copy of all of Carnival Corporation’s fleetwide Outbreak Prevention and Response Plans that were in effect at any time from January 1, 2020, onwards. This should include all individualized prevention and/or response plans for specific infectious diseases, such as norovirus and influenza.
a. A copy of all COVID-19 or coronavirus specific prevention and/or response plans. This should include all draft prevention and/or response plans. It should also include all COVID-19 response plans that had been in place as well as future prevention and response plans that Carnival intends to implement when the CDC’s “No Sail” order is lifted.
2. All records discussing, referring to, or referencing COVID-19 or coronavirus from all employees at Carnival Corporation’s headquarters in Miami, Florida.
a. This should include, but not be limited to, memorandum, action items, reports, health alerts, or similar records related to COVID-19 or coronavirus.
b. This request should also include correspondence, including, but not limited to, letters, e-mails, text messages, instant messages, or other communication modes to, from, or between all employees at Carnival Corporation’s headquarters in Miami, Florida relating to COVID-19 or coronavirus.
3. All records discussing, referring to, or referencing COVID-19 or coronavirus, prepared, written, or approved by any ship’s officer, or medical or health care related staff, on any Carnival Corporation ship, particularly any of the nine reported Carnival ships that reported positive cases of COVID-19.26
a. This should also include, but not be limited to, all notice of arrival information provided to the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and CDC in compliance with Marine Safety Information Bulletin 06-20, including action items, reports, health alerts, or similar records related to COVID-19 or coronavirus on any Carnival Corporation affiliated cruise ship making a port call in the United States.
4. All correspondence between any crew member, ship’s officer, or medical or health care related staff, on any Carnival Corporation affiliated ship, with the CDC, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the USCG, the California Department of Public Health or the Florida Department of Health discussing, referring to, or referencing
COVID-19 or coronavirus.
5. All correspondence between any employee at Carnival Corporation’s headquarters with any individual crew member(s), ship’s officer(s), or medical or health care related staff, on any Carnival Corporation affiliated ship, discussing, referring to, or referencing COVID-19 or coronavirus. At a minimum, this request should apply to all nine Carnival ships that reported positive cases of COVID-19.
a. This should also include, but not be limited to, all correspondence from any employee at Carnival Corporation’s headquarters to or from any individuals or organizations outside of Carnival Corporation discussing, referring to, or referencing COVID-19 or coronavirus.
b. This should also include, but not be limited to, all correspondence from any employee at Carnival Corporation’s headquarters with the CDC, HHS, USCG, the California Department of Public Health, Florida Department of Health or the White House’s COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force also known as the “Great American Economic Revival Industry Group” on Hospitality.