Indian cruise operator Jalesh Cruises will restart its cruise operations November, with a free dockside Covid-19 provided to each passenger.

The company’s 70,300-gt cruiseship Karnika (built 1990) is scheduled to make its first post-coronavirus voyage in early November.

Although India is one of the world’s worst pandemic-hit countries, the Indian government recently announced that it would permit cruise ships to commence sailing from 1 October.