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A United Airlines plane is being removed from service after several passengers on a flight from Vancouver to Houston, Texas, felt sick. (more…)
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P&O Cruises delayed embarkation ahead of Ventura’s current cruise by seven hours on Saturday (25 May) as part of new measures designed to reduce the spread of infection onboard. (more…)
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Health officials are working closely with the owners of a cruise liner following a norovirus outbreak. (more…)
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It appears a case of food poisoning on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas has resulted in sick passengers and a delay in the ship not allowed to disembark at one port. (more…)
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More than 250 passengers on a P&O cruise ship have fallen ill with suspected norovirus. (more…)
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28 passengers and one crew member fell ill with stomach bug on luxury Silver Nova cruise liner, the CDC reported. (more…)
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Passengers planning to board Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) Norwegian Dawn in Mauritius on Sunday found there was no ship for them to board. (more…)
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A two-night cruise from Southampton to Newcastle, which was priced at less than the rail and air fare, has been cancelled “following on from some reported cases of gastro-related illness on board”. (more…)
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Mauritius has given a Norwegian cruise ship the all clear to dock at the capital Port Louis after finding no evidence of cholera onboard. (more…)
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A Norwegian cruise ship with over 2,000 passengers and 1,000 crew on board has been denied permission to dock in Mauritius over fears of a potential cholera outbreak on board. (more…)
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Nearly 160 people suffered from vomiting and diarrhea aboard a luxury cruise ship that has since departed from San Francisco, health officials confirmed, and it’s still unclear what caused the mysterious gastrointestinal outbreak. (more…)
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More than 100 passengers on a cruise holiday gave fallen ill after an outbreak of sickness on a Cunard ship. (more…)
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Aboard the Celebrity Constellation, 92 out of 2,056 passengers, plus eight crew members, fell ill with norovirus during the course of a nine-day voyage that ended on Friday. (more…)
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Dual outbreaks of gastro and COVID on the Grand Princess cruise ship that docked in Adelaide on Monday have now been declared over by the doctor on board. (more…)
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that 73 (66 passengers and 7 crew members) on Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady cruise ship reported being ill during the cruise that ended in Miami on Friday, with complaints of abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhea. (more…)
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The Viking Neptune transformed into a cross-continental petri dish as more than 100 passengers onboard the cruise ship fell ill with the highly contagious norovirus this month. (more…)
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12.7% of the 838 passengers aboard the Viking Neptune cruise ship are experiencing abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhea, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (more…)
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In a follow-up on previous reports on cruise ship outbreaks investigated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), officials did an update last week showing that ten of the 12 outbreaks investigated were due to norovirus (see list below). (more…)
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More than 175 people got sick with norovirus during a recent Celebrity Cruises’ sailing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. (more…)
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Recorded outbreaks of gastrointestinal illnesses have been reported aboard 12 cruises so far in 2023, already surpassing the total number of outbreaks in 2019, the last year of full data available. (more…)
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While most noroviruses don’t last long, contracting one can still a rough experience – especially when you’re at sea, thousands of miles from home. (more…)
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Holland America’s Nieuw Amsterdam, a cruise ship that, according to the company’s site, “celebrates historic New York City with an inspired design and art collection,” is currently traveling along the western coast of Canada for a 14-day tour to Alaska and back. (more…)
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Hundreds of passengers and crew members fell ill while on board a Princess Cruises ship, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. (more…)
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At least two-hundred and nineteen passengers and crew became ill, experiencing vomiting and diarrhea, from a gastrointestinal illness aboard Princess Cruises’ Ruby Princess which has returned this morning to Galveston, Texas following a cruise to the Caribbean. (more…)
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The Food and Drug Administration said American Cruise Lines had not provided sufficient proof of changes to procedures after multiple guests were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, according to a warning letter to the line. (more…)
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Princess Cruises’ Caribbean Princess ship returned to port early over the weekend after 245 people on board fell ill from a norovirus outbreak. The same thing essentially happened on the same ship last month, when at least 371 people on a February cruise were sickened with a gastrointestinal illness. (foxnews.com)
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A cruise ship returned to Port Everglades on Thursday morning after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness forced it to cut short its voyage. The Caribbean Princess arrived about 7 a.m. after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said more than 300 passengers and more than two dozen crew members fell ill with symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea. (local10.com)
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A British cruise ship was refused entry at the Port of Gibraltar and sent back to dock at Southampton, England, after norovirus broke out on board. Saga’s Spirit of Discovery was returning from a trip around Italy and Spain Saturday when it was turned away at Gibraltar, a British overseas territory on Spain’s southern coast. (usatoday.com)
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As Princess Cruises grapples with concerns of coronavirus onboard a ship in Japan, another one of its ships, the Caribbean Princess, was forced to turn around due to a norovirus outbreak. (usatoday.com)
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On Sunday paramedics examined several people who fell ill aboard a cruise ship docked in the Port of Los Angeles. Four cruise ship passengers were transported to hospitals for medical evaluation. Paramedics were dispatched at 9:17 a.m. to the Norwegian Cruise Lines’ “Norwegian Joy,” docked at Berth 91, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department. (nbclosangeles.com)
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The Sun Princess departed Perth on November 1 for a 12-night trip when the virus spread across the cabins. According to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, 229 passengers on board the ship had symptoms of the virus before everyone was evacuated on the final day of the trip in Singapore. (thesun.co.uk)
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The last three months of inspections say cruise lines out of South Florida have cleaned up somewhat since Carnival and Royal Caribbean ships failed health inspections in July. But when it comes to cruise ship inspections, even a perfect score doesn’t mean perfect cleanliness. These inspections are part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program. (miamiherald.com)
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Made infamous by outbreaks on cruise ships, norovirus can really ruin a vacation, causing severe vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain. But the highly infectious virus can also strike closer to home, with water- and foodborne outbreaks occurring in municipal water systems, schools and restaurants. (phys.org)
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Just a month on from its launch following a lavish renovation, norovirus has struck the Marella Explorer 2 cruise ship as it journeyed through the Mediterranean Sea, leaving passengers vomiting and ill. Marella Explorer 2 is currently at the port of Olbia on the Italian island of Sardinia. A spokesperson for Tui, the parent company of Marella Cruises which operates the vessel, told The Telegraph that a small number of passengers began feeling unwell last week. (newsweek.com)
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Some passengers who disembarked Royal Carribean’s Oasis of the Seas cruise ship Saturday morning remembered their cruise as less than ideal. (spacecoastdaily.com)
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A cruise ship will return to its Florida port one day early, after at least 277 of its guests and crew were struck by the bug norovirus. (time.com)
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More than 150 passengers aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas cruise ship have been struck by an outbreak of Norovirus, according to Florida Today. (fox35orlando.com)
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Some 300 people aboard the AIDA Cruises vessel fell ill from the virus leaving the ship’s two doctors completely overwhelmed, Madrid-based newspaper El Mundo reports. (express.co.uk)
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Some 73 people reported falling ill on the Zaandam which is carrying more than 2,000 passengers and crew. Juneau’s top attraction is the Mendenhall Glacier. The glacier’s visitor center can receive as many as 6,000 cruise ship visitors in a single day. The U.S. Forest Service monitors reports of outbreaks on cruise ships so it can step up sanitation as a precaution. (alaskapublic.org)
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A cruise ship carrying passengers stricken with a virus arrived in San Diego Thursday morning. On Wednesday, San Diego Port officials confirmed that several passengers on board the Azamara Quest were sick with a gastrointestinal virus. The CDC is testing for possible norovirus contamination. (abc15.com)
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