A norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship docked at Port Everglades on Friday left at least 169 people ill, according to reporting from local media. Holland America Line’s Rotterdam ship was headed to the Caribbean, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica over a 12-day voyage when it reported the outbreak of…
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Cruise Ships Reports Worst Year for Stomach Sickness Onboard in Over a Decade
Hundreds of passengers and crew were reported among the sick in at least five separate outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness in December, according to reporting from The Washington Post. Just last month alone, 781 passengers and 109 crew reported symptoms of the highly contagious norovirus. Such symptoms include diarrhea and vomiting.…
Over 100 people sue after cruise ship illness. Now, the cruise line is being accused of downplaying the numbers.
More than 100 passengers who traveled on P&O’s Ventura, a ship owned by Carnival Cruise Line, have filed suit after they say they got sick on board. Attorneys for the passengers claim there were “repeated outbreaks” of illness on the ship between April and June. About 519 passengers reported for…
Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease Linked Back to Two Cruise Ships, CDC says.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report detailing two separate outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease linked to cruise ships on different cruise lines. The report’s findings say that the two ships, which were referred to as only “Ship A” and “Ship B,” had outdoor, private hot…