Cruise Ship Gastro Outbreak

182 people got the sickness while onboard the large vessel.

Cruise ship gastro outbreak. More than 180 passengers on a cruise ship that docked in Sydney on Wednesday morning have been struck down with gastro during their voyage health authorities say. 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. Passenger cruise ship The Sun Princess has seen two gastro outbreaks in as many weeks affecting more than 250 passengers over two cruises.

The Tasmanian Health Service said the outbreak of gastro on cruise ships was not unusual. Are on ships under VSP jurisdiction see about VSP. In the latest incident approximately 200 passengers on the Sea Princess a cruise ship bound for Brisbane from New Zealand were struck with norovirus.

At the time the Sun Princess returned to Brisbane about 7am after. Are on voyages from 3-21 days long. THE cruise ship was just a few days into a 12-day trip to New Zealand when the outbreak started.

So on a ship of 2000 passengers 40-60 people would need to be unwell. November 1 2017. In 2017 about 140 passengers fell ill with gastro a fortnight after a similar outbreak on the vessel during a previous cruise.

Over 160 travellers have been affected by the norovirus stomach bug on a Brisbane to New Zealand cruise. A Caribbean Princess cruise has been cut short following a gastrointestinal outbreak aboard the ship. Norovirus the most common causative agent of outbreaks accounted for 14911 cases among passengers and crew members during 20082014 001 of the estimated number of norovirus cases in the United States during the study period.

A Caribbean Princess cruise was cut short following a gastrointestinal outbreak aboard the ship caused it to be denied entry to at. The American-owned ship. It was denied entry to at least one island and was headed to its home port in Fort Lauderdale.