Cruise Ship Illness 2015

A list of new cruise ships of 2015 was recently released.

Cruise ship illness 2015. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. If 3 or more of the passengers or crew have gastrointestinal illness. 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.

Cruise ship getaways are like vacations inside vacationsnot only do you have the exciting shore excursions to look forward to but the boat itself is a hub of entertainment. 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. Pre Existing Condition Cruise Industry Death NA August 20 2015 Time of Death is unknown.

Ports must report all cases of gastrointestinal illness treated by on-board medical staff to the CDCs Vessel. April 14 2015 608 PM 6 min. Outbreaks on 2 Cruise Ships Sicken.

When 2 or more of the passengers or crew have gastrointestinal illness. On the ship 95 out of about 2100 passengers -- about 45 percent -- were suffering from vomiting and diarrhea the CDC said. During the voyage 135 of the 2588 passengers and 16 of the 1093 crewmembers reported being ill according to LaKia R.

Cruise ship staff send this report any time the ship is in the United States or within 15 days of arriving at a US. Since the start of 2015 the CDC has recorded five outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness aboard cruise ships including the latest outbreak in April on the Celebrity Infinity. Five out of 964 crew members had also taken ill.

Passengers began reporting to the ships medical center with gastrointestinal illness according to Karen Candy a spokeswoman for Princess Cruises. This means all nine cruise ship outbreaks investigated by the federal agency were due to the. The ship operated by Princess Cruise Lines was denied entry into Trinidad and Tobago due to a significant outbreak of gastrointestinal illness.