ABC’s Good Morning America (GMA) discusses Celebrity Cruises’ sick cruise ship, the Mercury, in this morning’s program.
The Mercury has been hit with three continuous outbreaks of sickness which has plagued hundreds of passengers. We have covered the outbreaks in prior articles.
GMA begins its show by describing the Mercury as the "cruise ship which
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a rare no-sail advisory for Celebrity Cruises’ Mercury cruise ship. The CDC has instructed Celebrity not to sail the sick cruise ship until Sunday in order to permit its inspectors to investigate the ongoing outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness.
Over the course of the last month, hundreds of passengers have become sick on the Mercury over
Celebrity Cruises’ disastrous string of "diarrhea-cruises" out of South Carolina continues with the cruise line’s decision to return the Mercury to port in Charleston a day early.
USA Today’s Cruise Log reports that sickness has marred three straight voyages in "Celebrity to End Cruise Out of Charleston Early as Outbreak Continues." Royal Caribbean indicates that
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports numerous outbreaks of norovirus on cruise ships operated by Celebrity Cruises, Cunard, Holland American Lines, and Royal Caribbean.
Every time there is an outbreak, the cruise lines blame the passengers who board the cruise ships. The media picks up in this theme and often reports that the problem is
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that Celebrity Cruises’ Mercury cruise ship has returned to Charleston, South Carolina with 182 ill passengers.
According to its web page "Investigation Update on the Mercury," t’he CDC reports 182 of 1749 passengers (10.41%) are ill with diarrhea and vomiting, and 14 of the 850 crew (1.65%) are sick.
With
A headline in the NoroBlog intrigued me – "Cruise Ships Causing Norovirus Outbreaks in Ports?" – indicating that norovirus is "often associated with cruise ship sickness." The article also raises the question whether cruise ships can infect the local port communities.
The cruise industry’s PR people have been fighting the connection between norovirus and "cruise ship sickness" for
The departure of Celebrity Cruises’ Mercury cruise ship, scheduled for today, has been delayed so that the cruise line can make a last ditch effort to try and kill the norovirus which sickened over 20% of the passengers and crew during its last cruise.
Celebrity is offering vouchers to accommodate the passengers or staying overnight in Charleston.
The ship is now scheduled
Around 450 passengers and crew are sick with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea aboard Celebrity’s Mercury as the ill cruise ship completes its inaugural cruise to the Caribbean from the port of Charleston, South Carolina. The cause of the illness is unknown. The cruise ship will sail again from Charleston tomorrow, and many new passengers don’t want to
CruiseCritic reports that a passenger whose husband died after contracting Legionnaires’ Disease during a cruise aboard Fred Olsen Lines’ Black Watch (who would name a cruise ship, Black Watch?) received a settlement after three years of litigation.
Audrey Heath, from the U.K. sailed with her husband, Robert Heath, on the Fred Olsen cruise ship when a number
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The Associated Press reports that hundreds of passengers have fallen ill with a stomach ailment aboard the cruise ship Mercury, operated by Celebrity Cruises, which is sailing in the Caribbean.
Over 300 of the 1,800 passengers are experiencing upset stomachs, vomiting and diarrhea. Another 25 or so crewmembers are also ill. The Mercury left Charleston, South Carolina on February 15th
