Norovirus Cruise Ships 2014

Production Schedule Potential to impact cruise ship schedule Investigation into cause of outbreak performed Additional cleaning of cruise ship needed Customer Service Labor Time AND AND A norovirus outbreak on Royal Caribbeans Explorer of the Seas sickened nearly 700 hundred people during a cruise that ended on January 29 2014.

Norovirus cruise ships 2014. In fact it affects many more people on land than on cruise ships. With the Explorer of the Seas sailing back to New Jersey with almost 650 victims of norovirus related nausea and diarrhea Time magazine just published the article Cruise Out of Control. By Jim Walker on January 28 2014.

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As the only national or international body tracking norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships the CDC reports favorably on the cruise industrys efforts toward minimizing the spread of outbreaks in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report titled Acute Gastroenteritis on Cruise Ships. The cruise ship which was traveling along the coast of Southern California and Mexico had an outbreak of norovirus causing gastrointestinal illness in many crew members and passengers. An outbreak on the Norwegian Gem during which 111 passengers and 3 crew members became ill November 2013.

The CDC reported that norovirus hit more than 600 passengers and crew on Royal Caribbeans Explorer of the Seas in January making it one of. The GII4 Sydney strain was identified in 2012 in Sydney Australia. As the only national or international body tracking norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships the CDC reports favorably on the cruise industrys efforts toward minimizing the spread of outbreaks in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report titled Acute Gastroenteritis on Cruise Ships.

There were seven instances of norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships last year involving a total of 1238 passengers Candy said. Norovirus can easily be brought on board when ships dock and due to its ability to persist on surfaces can infect consecutive cruises Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014. During 20082014 a total of 133 cruise ship acute gastroenteritis outbreaks were reported 95 71 of which had specimens available for testing.