Stomach Flu On Cruise Ships

CDC About 5 percent of the ships passengers became sick.

Stomach flu on cruise ships. After visiting the ships infirmary I was put under a 24-hour. Health officials track illness on cruise ships. Ad Enjoy the flash offer to book World Dream from SGD205 per person.

It seems the chances of contracting the stomach flu or acute gastroenteritis while on a cruise ship are actually pretty rare and getting rarer with time. All-aged friendly cruise with 40 facilities and various activities. No one is quarantined to their stateroom solely from this as a result.

This leads you to have stomach pain nausea and diarrhea and to throw up. Cruise ships must keep track of instances when passengers or crew members report multiple symptoms of the stomach flu. Uncategorized Leave a comment.

According to US health officials more than 300 people on board the Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship have been struck down with a suspected stomachflu. The CDC notes that while people often associate cruise ships with norovirus acute gastrointestinal illness is relatively infrequent on cruise ships. Hundreds With Suspected Stomach Flu On QEII Cruise Ship.

The virus causes your stomach or intestines or both to get inflamed acute gastroenteritis. Is the stomach flu contagious. Norovirus aka winter vomiting disease aka 24-hour stomach flu.

The last time more than two cruise ships reported outbreaks in January was 2006. Book by 18 Oct. Most cruise lines even put out barf bags around the ship on rough sea days.