Sick People On Cruise Ship

According to data from the US.

Sick people on cruise ship. We all saw ships at the start of the pandemic held in quarantine. On the ship 9998 of crew members are vaccinated and 965 of passengers are vaccinated the tourism board said noting that all of the people. In fact the VSP reports that just 911 cruise passengers out of 30 million contracted gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise ships in 2019.

With over 3000 people in close quarters aboard these ships obviously the disease spreads quickly. Cruise ships that carry more than 13 people and call on US. No one wants to take part in that experience.

The ship was at 30 capacity when it took off for a. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC there were 14 gastrointestinal outbreaks on cruise ships in 2010 and 2011 16 in 2012 and 9 in 2013. Cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension are the most common followed by endocrine disorder such as thyroid diseases diabetes respiratory diseases and cancer in.

And for good reason. Wherever there are large groups of people there is the potential for any contagious disease to spread. In a recent cluster of gastrointestinal illnesses on a cruise ship sailing from Tenerife to the US salmonella was identified as the likely culprit.

Cruise ship crews were mainly in their 30s and 50s and passengers were mainly in their 70s. The way it spreads is through physical contact. As of June 2020 over 40 cruise ships have had confirmed positive cases of coronavirus on board.

When 2 or more of the passengers or crew have gastrointestinal illness. If 3 or more of the passengers or crew have. The cause of most cruise line norovirus outbreaks is contaminated food or water.