Cruise & Maritime Voyages’ mv Discovery is delaying its scheduled departure from Liverpool today, May 7, 2013, following of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness on the ship’s previous cruise. (cruisecritic.com)
Posts Tagged ‘Norovirus / Gastrointestinal Outbreak’
Cruise Ship Departure Delayed Following Illness Onboard
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak Onboard Crystal Cruise Ship
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013A suspected case of Norovirus affected more than 15 percent of passengers onboard a recent Crystal Symphony sailing. (cruisecritic.com)
Carnival to Resume Calls at Grand Turk Cruise Center
Thursday, April 4th, 2013Cruise ships will resume calls at the Turks & Caicos’ Grand Turk Cruise Center beginning next week, said Carnival Corp. (travelpulse.com)
More Cruise Ship Visits to Grand Turk Canceled
Saturday, March 30th, 2013Carnival Corp. canceled more scheduled port calls to Grand Turk for three of its cruise brands. No cruise ship has stopped in Grand Turk since reports of a gastrointestinal outbreak began circulating the week of March 11. (cruisecritic.com)
Carnival Cruise Lines Seeks Source of Grand Turk Illness
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
With multiple cruise calls to Grand Turk canceled through the end of March, all by Carnival Corp. brands, port authorities and Carnival are working overtime to find the source of a spate of gastrointestinal outbreaks that afflicted cruise passengers earlier this month. (cruisecritic.com)
‘Cruise Ship Virus’ Also Sickens 1 Million U.S. Kids Yearly
Friday, March 22nd, 2013Norovirus, the infamous stomach bug that’s sickened countless cruise ship passengers, also wreaks havoc on land. (health.usnews.com)
Grand Turk Calls Suspended For Now
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013Cruise lines have suspended transit calls, temporarily, at Grand Turk following reports of gastroenteritis. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
Update: Cruise Ship Norovirus Woes Continue with Two Confirmed Outbreaks in March
Thursday, March 14th, 2013The month of March has seen an uptick in the number of gastrointestinal illnesses reported on cruise ships. (cruisecritic.com)
Royal Caribbean cruise ship hit by virus; 108 sick
Sunday, March 10th, 2013Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd said on Friday that 108 people fell sick with a gastrointestinal illness believed to be a norovirus on its Vision of the Seas ship, which docked in Port Everglades, Florida, at the end of an 11-day trip.(reuters.com)
CDC inspection reports show cruise workers breaking the rules when it comes to norovirus reporting
Friday, February 1st, 2013The Contact 5 Investigators discovered something alarming on board that’s not often mentioned. Could cruise ship workers be putting you at risk? (wptv.com)
New norovirus strain turning more stomachs
Sunday, January 27th, 2013A new strain of stomach bug sweeping the globe is taking over in the U.S., health officials say. (cbc.ca)
Queen Mary 2 cruise ship hit by norovirus outbreak
Monday, December 31st, 2012More than a hundred passengers on the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship have been struck down by suspected norovirus. (telegraph.co.uk)
Sickness spreads to 123 on cruise ship Emerald Princess
Thursday, December 27th, 2012Just in time to spoil the holidays for some on a cruise, the Emerald Princess had a breakout of a contagious illness with 123 passengers and crew members becoming sick, a cruise line spokeswoman said Wednesday. (sun-sentinel.com)
Second norovirus cruise ship returns to port
Monday, December 17th, 2012The Azura docked in Southampton this morning and was leaving later for a 12-night Christmas cruise to the Canaries. (telegraph.co.uk)
Stomach Bug Hits Transpacific Cruise; 10 Percent Affected
Thursday, December 6th, 2012At least 10 percent of passengers on Holland America’s Amsterdam have been struck with a stomach bug, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. (cruisecritic.com)
Illness strikes on cruise liner
Monday, November 26th, 2012At least 143 people aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Voyager of the Seas have come down with a gastro-intestinal illness during an 18-night cruise from Fremantle to Sydney, via Wellington. (bayofplentytimes.co.nz)
Norovirus Outbreak Cause Delay to Cruise Ship Departure
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012A Celebrity cruise ship was forced to delay its departure from Southampton after a suspected outbreak of norovirus onboard. (cruisecritic.com)
Cruise ship suspected as source of outbreak
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012Over 200 passengers on a Carnival cruise ship that recently stopped in Halifax reported norovirus-like symptoms during a five-day cruise, which departed and ended in New York on Aug. 11. (thechronicleherald.ca)
Report: Noro-Like Illness Strikes Ship, Affecting 20 Percent of Cruise Passengers
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012A Norovirus-like outbreak on Fred. Olsen’s Boudicca left a reported 170 of its 1,176 people (828 passengers, 348 crew) ill over the course of a 13-night cruise. (cruisecritic.com)
Dirty Dining: Cruise Line Vessel Sanitation Inspections from the CDC don’t tell the whole story
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012Gary and Joy Edges just returned from a cruise without a care in the world. “Did you take extra precautions washing your hands or anything like that?” asked ABC Action News anchor Wendy Ryan. (abcactionnews.com)
Norovirus Cleanup Likely to Delay Carnival Departure
Sunday, May 13th, 2012An unconfirmed number of guests onboard Carnival Freedom’s current sailing have reported symptoms of gastrointestinal illness “believed to be the result of a Norovirus,” according to a statement from the line. (cruisecritic.com)
Cruise firm blasted after ‘appalling conditions’ result in norovirus and spoils £10k family trip
Sunday, March 18th, 2012Onboard the five-star Celebrity Constellation, the Esslemonts came down with the norovirus sickness bug, leaving them in quarantine or ill for the remainder of the trip. (dailyrecord.co.uk)
Ruby Princess Returns to Port with More Infected Passengers
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012After another weeklong Caribbean cruise, the Ruby Princess returned to Port Everglades with several more sick passengers, according to Princess Cruises officials. (maritime-executive.com)
Norovirus outbreak on Independence of the Seas
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012Today, February 25, we can break some exclusive news that has come to us thanks to a few reports, which were received by email and pointed us to a Norovirus outbreak on Independence of the Seas this month. (cruiseshipnews.co.uk)
Princess to End Cruise Early After Second Straight Surge in Gastrointestinal Illnesses
Sunday, February 12th, 2012Crown Princess departed Port Everglades Saturday afternoon after a two-day intensive cleaning. According to Princess, 226 passengers (7.34 percent out of 3,078) and 63 crew (5.35 percent of 1,178) reported gastrointestinal illness during the shortened cruise. (cruisecritic.com)
CDC: Celebrity Constellation passengers, crew get stomach illness
Friday, February 10th, 2012Several passengers and crew aboard the Celebrity Constellation, which returns to Port Everglades Saturday were hit with an unknown stomach illness, according to a recently released Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. (blogs.sun-sentinel.com)
Update on Crown Princess
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012The increased incidence of gastrointestinal illness that occurred during the previous cruise of Crown Princess has reappeared on the current voyage which departed Saturday, February 4, despite rigorous sanitization measures.
Stomach flu sickens St. Maarten cruise passengers
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
A health ministry official in St. Maarten says that more than two dozen cruise passengers were sick as the vessel, Celebrity Silhouette, docked in the Caribbean island. (palmbeachpost.com)
Virus outbreak aboard cruise ship delays departure from New Orleans
Sunday, February 5th, 2012About 200 passengers aboard a cruise ship docked in New Orleans contracted norovirus Saturday, causing a delay in the ship’s departure from the city. (nola.com)
Two South Florida-bound cruise ships hit by norovirus
Saturday, February 4th, 2012It has struck two Princess Cruise Lines ships: the Ruby Princess and the Crown Princess, both headed for Fort Lauderdale, and the line is warning passengers on the next voyage. (miamiherald.com)
Sickness hits 25 on Aurora cruise
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Around 25 holidaymakers on board the P&O ship Aurora were showing symptoms of norovirus last night. (dailyecho.co.uk)
Vaccine may prevent cruise ship virus
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
Researchers are working on a vaccine that might one day prevent norovirus, which has made many cruise ship passengers in the United States ill. (upi.com)
