The Fred Olsen Balmoral cruise ship has docked in Norfolk amidst what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is saying is a norovirus outbreak which has inflicted diarrhea and vomiting symptoms on 153 of 917 (16.68%) passengers and 6 of 518 (1.16%) of crew members, over the course of the two week cruise according to
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P&O Oceana Flunks CDC Sanitation Inspection
A month ago, a crew member aboard the P&O Oceana notified me that the cruise ship failed a sanitation inspection by the enters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) while the ship was in port in Charleston, South Carolina. Oceana received a score of 82; 85 or lower is considered a failure.
I have been…
Norovirus on the Oceania Riviera Again
Yesterday we received information about the current cruise of the Oceania Rivieria which is sailing through the Caribbean (Miami March 20-April 3). "The captain came on the intercom yesterday informing the passengers that a large number of passengers had come down with flu like/gastrointestinal issues and the CDC had been informed. The ship ported at their first stop Santa Marta…
Norovirus? Over 300 Passengers Sickened on Golden Princess
9News in Australia reports that the Golden Princess cruise ship docked in Melbourne this morning “after hundreds of passengers were struck down with gastro.”
The newspaper reports that “more than 300 passengers” on-board the cruise ship are believed to have been affected with a gastrointestinal illness.
Princess Cruises spokesman praised the ship’s crew and medical…
CDC: 137 Sick with Norovirus on Norwegian Gem
Earlier this week, we reported that health officials banned the Norwegian Gem from calling on St. Maarten because a number of passengers were ill with a gastrointestinal illness. The NCL cruise ship then sailed on to Tortola where it called on the port there.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now officially reporting…
Gastrointestinal Outbreak Keeps Norwegian Gem From Calling on St. Maarten
Several passengers on the Norwegian Gem have contacted me, saying that health officials in St. Maartan have reportedly prohibited the NCL cruise ship from porting there.
The passengers are saying that there is a gastrointestinal outbreak reported on the Gem, thought to be norovirus.
I have not previously heard there was any type of outbreak…
Carnival Sunshine Joins 2016 Noro Club
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…
Another Gastrointestinal Outbreak on Leading GI-Outbreak Cruise Line, Princess Cruises
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that there is a gastrointestinal outbreak on the Ocean Princess cruise ship, with 43 of 603 (7.13%) of passengers ill during the cruise and 5 of 387 (1.29%) crew members sick.
The Princess cruise ship is currently sailing on a February 13 – March…
“Curse of the Seas” Returns to New Jersey for Noro Cleaning
Passengers on the Anthem of the Seas are stating that as of Monday, as the cruise ship continued to head back to New Jersey for deep cleaning, the captain informed them that 109 passengers are sick with norovirus.
Other passengers also tell me that there are more than this sick, but they don’t want…
Anthem of the Seas: Afraid of the Weather or More Bad Publicity?
This evening Royal Caribbean announced via Twitter that that it’s "closely watching a large storm off the coast of Cape Hatteras. We want to be extra cautious when it comes to weather in the area." The cruise line decided that it is canceling the last two days of the current Anthem of the Seas cruise which…