Cruise Ship Gastro Outbreak

In 2017 about 140 passengers fell ill with gastro a fortnight after a similar outbreak on the vessel during a previous cruise.

Cruise ship gastro outbreak. It was denied entry to at least one island and was headed to its home port in Fort Lauderdale. VSP posts cruise ship outbreaks when they meet all of the following criteria. November 1 2017.

So on a ship of 2000 passengers 40-60 people would need to be unwell. Cruise ship gastro outbreak after departing Sydney. Nearly 200 people have been hit with gastro symptoms while onboard one of the worlds largest cruise ships the Ovation of the Seas which has today docked in Hobart.

Its proving difficult to keep track of gastroenteritis outbreaks on cruise ships these days with 6 outbreaks being reported in Australian waters within the last 12 months. Are on voyages where 3 or more of passengers or crew report symptoms of gastrointestinal illness to the ships medical staff. Cruise ship gastro outbreak after departing Sydney.

The highly contagious norovirus has become enemy number one for cruise ships around the world with 25 major on-board outbreaks of the resultant gastro recorded since the start of last year. Passengers planning to relax on a 14-day cruise instead had to contend with an outbreak of gastro and wild weather with 182 confirmed cases of gastroenteritis. A Caribbean Princess cruise was cut short following a gastrointestinal outbreak aboard the ship caused it to be denied entry to at.

THE cruise ship was just a few days into a 12-day trip to New Zealand when the outbreak started. Are on ships carrying 100 or more passengers. Are on voyages from 3-21 days long.

182 people got the sickness while onboard the large vessel. 90 people had the same affliction in a Papua New Guinea trip undertaken by the same vessel only two weeks prior. There are 18 confirmed cases of gastro on a luxury cruise ship which left Sydney on Monday night.