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A COVID-19 outbreak has taken place on a South Florida-based cruise ship for the third time this week. At the same time, the number of coronavirus cases

Key West locals who voted for limits on the cruise industry gathered with signs saying "stop the silt" and "no big ships" as the Norwegian Dawn pulled in.

Cruise ships recently returned to Key West after the pandemic put a stop to cruising last March. Since then, even though the ships weren't calling, cruising has been a hot topic on the island.

It currently requires anyone 12 and older who is vaccine-eligible to be vaccinated.

Visit Florida reported the positive outlook as more people become vaccinated from the coronavirus and cruise ships resume sailing.

Norwegian Cruise Line requires all its passengers and crew to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and has been fighting in court to continue its mandate.

Attorneys for the DeSantis administration wrote in a brief that the law is an “economic regulation that does not implicate” the First Amendment.

Another cruise ship is planning to restart service out of Tampa Bay. And they're planning to ask for proof of vaccination.

House Appropriations Chairman Jay Trumbull also wants them to urge their local representatives to push for infrastructure money so Florida doesn’t “lose out” to ports in Alabama and Georgia.

The rule applies to Central Floridians sailing out of Port Canaveral despite a statewide ban on vaccine passports.

More visitors are coming to the state as the 2021 numbers from April 1 through June 30 were just 2.2% below where the state was in 2019.

The positive cases were among 26 crew members and one passenger on the Carnival Vista, which sailed out of Texas last Saturday.