Celebrity Mercury Cruise Ship Sickness

By Marnie Hunter Mar 16 2010 The Celebrity Mercury cruise ship is returning to port a day early and delaying its next sailing to address an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that sickened 350 passengers.

Celebrity mercury cruise ship sickness. The Celebrity Mercury cruise ship is returning to port a day early and delaying its next sailing to address an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that sickened 350 passengers. On March 14 2006 Celebrity Cruises reported that an elevated number of passengers and crew were experiencing symptoms consistent with acute gastroenteritis mainly diarrhea and vomiting. Free cancellation before 48 hours.

While cruising from Charleston South Carolina to the eastern Caribbean in February 2010 the ship was struck with a major outbreak of norovirus affecting nearly 500 people on board out of a total of just over 1800. This is after 411 passengers on the February 15-26 sailing and 182 on the February 26-March 8 sailing. I have made this decision to end the current sailing early and delay the next sailing because we want to maintain.

About 350 people who got sick a week into a Caribbean cruise were responding well to medicine the. Celebrity CEO Dan Hanrahan noted in a statement that the Mercury would offer the same impeccable service our brand is known for right up until the ship transitions to TUI Cruises He also spoke to the fate of the Mercurys crew which he said would be absorbed by Celebritys rapid growth with the fourth member of the five-ship Solstice Class the Celebrity Silhouette set to debut in July 2011. More than 400 passengers on the Celebrity Mercury out of South Carolina have come down with a stomach sickness causing vomiting and diarrhea.

Celebrity Mercury to get 72-hour cleaning after third straight outbreak at sea. 40 facilities and activities. Here is a statement from Celebrity Cruises Royal Caribbean issued today.

On March 17 the ships medical staff indicated 14 of 840 167 crew and 191 of 1902 1004 passengers had reported ill. Keep reading to find out what the ship is doing to treat the outbreak and prevent it from spreading. So bad in fact that The Centers for Disease Control CDC has made a no-sail recommendation for at least four full days for the ship to investigate recurring outbreaks.

Ad Enjoy private balcony swimming pool waterslide park VR experience and free buffet. In February 2010 the Celebrity Mercury cruise ship departed from Charleston SC. Over the course of the sailing crew onboard has been conducting enhanced cleaning to help prevent the spread of the illness.