Cruise Ship Illness 2015

The total number of infected was 2570 of those 2458 passengers and 112 crew.

Cruise ship illness 2015. A list of new cruise ships of 2015 was recently released. Passengers began reporting to the ships medical center with gastrointestinal illness according to Karen Candy a spokeswoman for Princess Cruises. When the Princess cruise ship docked this morning in Vancouver two passengers were transported by ambulance from the dock to hospital with norovirus.

That is 527 of the 1138 total passengers aboard the cruise ship. According to reports at least 299 passengers are sick with what has only been identified as gastroenteritis. Illness any illness.

Norovirus an extremely common and highly contagious virus that causes gastroenteritis has become a significant concern for cruisers over the past decade because of the nature of the illness which spreads rapidly when persons occupy close quarters exactly what occurs aboard a cruise ship. Number of passengers who have reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of passengers onboard. Data collected over the last five years 2011-2015 from.

The cruise line says when the ship was in Jamaica two CDC health officers boarded to collect samples and evaluate the outbreakbut this. The ship operated by Princess Cruise Lines was denied entry into Trinidad and Tobago due to a significant outbreak of gastrointestinal illness. The most recent cruise ship outbreak included on the CDC website occurred on the same ship -- the Star Princess -- in April and May of 2015.

Princess told the newspaper that there were allegedly 78 people infected with norovirus during the two week cruise. A later statement released by Celebrity Cruises reported just 100 passengers and crew became ill due. Tue 14 Apr 2015 1442 EDT 1453 EDT The Royal Caribbean cruise ship Legend of the Seas pictured off Honolulu in 2003 is being inspected by experts in San Diego after 114 passengers suffered.

August 20 2015 Cause. Ports must report all cases of gastrointestinal illness treated by on-board medical staff to the CDCs Vessel. Bryant a health communication assistant with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.