Illness On Cruise Ships 2015

A year before that passengers were forced to evacuate when the ship caught fire at sea.

Illness on cruise ships 2015. Last April more than 100 passengers on the same ship fell sick to the same gastrointestinal virus. Norovirus a stomach bug struck dozens of passengers aboard the Star Princess cruise ship. Passengers began reporting to the ships medical center with gastrointestinal illness according to Karen Candy a spokeswoman for Princess Cruises.

About 182 passengers fell ill on the Explorer of the Seas which. The aim of this study is to estimate the incidence of and describe the spectrum of respiratory infections and gastrointestinal illness among passengers and crew of cruise Ship. Since 1978 more than 50 of ships have met the standard each year.

February 6 2015 Francis K. Katy Rourke 25 from Broughty Ferry Dundee worked as a crew member aboard P O Cruises Australia ships. Since the start of 2015 the CDC has recorded five outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness aboard cruise ships including the latest outbreak in April on the Celebrity Infinity.

At least 116 passengers and crew members on Legends of the Seas reported gastrointestinal symptoms. In total 37 of passengers and 31 of crew on Ship A had medically attended acute respiratory illness MAARI. 100515 AT 134 PM.

When 2 or more of the passengers or crew have gastrointestinal illness. When the itinerary doesnt include US cruise ports the ship is not required to report to CDC thus no official illness report would be issued 01 April 2015. During the voyage 135 of the 2588 passengers and 16 of the 1093 crewmembers reported being ill according to LaKia R.

Cruise ship staff send this report any time the ship is in the United States or within 15 days of arriving at a US. Crew Passenger Deaths overboard On April 1 2015 a 75-year-old female passenger died after falling overboard from a tender boat. Rediger 76 from Missouri was the wife of.