The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the Carnival Sunshine is suffering through a gastrointestinal outbreak. This is the fifth GI outbreak of a U.S. based cruise line this year according to the CDC,
The CDC says that 118 of 3,005 (3.93%) of passengers sickened with noro during the cruise
The Oceania Riviera, which was scheduled to be on a cruise until tomorrow, returned to the port yesterday with passengers sickened by norovirus.
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Earlier this month, we reported that researchers in Canada concluded that norovirus can spread by air, according to a publication in the highly respected Clinical Infectious Diseases. Eight doctors participated in a study of norovirus and determined that norovirus can be transmitted in an airborne form.
Cruise passengers on the Fred Olsen Balmoral cruise ship are affected by a massive viral outbreak.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (