Saga Cruises, the UK based luxury operator that is part of the Saga plc group, said it will demand vaccination against Covid-19 from all passengers.

The vaccination must take place at least 14 days prior to the commencement of cruise, the company said in a message to passengers that was posted on Twitter.

At the same time, it postponed the restart of its operations to 4 May instead of the previously planned 3 April for Spirit of Adventure. This will be the maiden voyage of the ship. Its sister ship, Spirit of Discovery, is scheduled to restart operations on 2 June.

media reports said that about 7% of the UK population of about67 million have been vaccinated so far and roughly 300,000 people are vaccinated each day agains Covid-19.