More than 230 passengers and crew members have become ill in an outburst of Norwegian during a luxury 29 -day cruise from England to East Caribbean, according to Disease Control and Prevention Centers.
Queen Mary 2, the flagship of Ocean Liner of Cunard Lines, who left Southampton, England on March 8, according to Cruise Mapper, a surveillance site. An epidemic reported on March 18, the CDC said after the ship had stopped in New York. Passengers and crew had reported symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting, the organization said.
The CDC said the epidemic spread to 224 passengers, from 2,538 on the boat, and 17 crew members. Their ship has been isolated and has taken disinfection measures, he said.
In addition to New York, the ship had stopped at St. Maarten, Agia Lucia, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Agios Kitsch and Tordola. On Tuesday, Queen Maria or QM2, as she is known, traveled to the Atlantic Ocean on his return to Southampton, where he was scheduled to arrive on April 6, shows the Cruise Mapper.
Cunard said in a statement on Tuesday that visitors were watching closely and the ship clean. “Thanks to the Swift reply from our crew and the additional measures we have at our disposal, we are already seeing a reduction in the cases mentioned,” the statement said.
The boat, which started in 2004, is 1,132 feet long, one of the largest oceans in the world. In 2013, a Times journalist described his trip to QM2, which included a delay in departure caused by a “almost military level” elimination operation after a Norovirus epidemic that became more than 200 people.
Norovirus, a gastrointestinal disease, thrives in closed areas, such as healthcare facilities, dormitories and cruise ships, where people travel and work within walking distance. The disease infects up to 21 million Americans a year, according to the CDC spreading by contact or through contaminated foods or water. There is no cure and most people recover in a few days.
Cruise ships are required to report to the CDC when there is an outburst, which refers to the total number of people who have become ill throughout the journey, not the number of patients at the same time.
The CDC reported other cases of Norwear restaurants on cruise ships. Twelve of 461 passengers and 22 crew members of a Seabourn Encore cruise were ill on a trip that left Japan on March 16 and was scheduled to land in the United States on April 9, he said.
Last month, a Holland America ship reported an outburst of norovirus affecting 89 of the 2,670 passengers and four of its crew during a nine -day cruise from Fort Lauderdale in Florida to South Caribbean.
