Dozens sick with norovirus during month-long Pacific cruise

An outbreak of highly contagious norovirus near 55 passengers and 15 unit members sick during a month-long cruise crossed the Pacific Ocean.

The Coral Princess, a Princess Cruises vessel, near Singapore connected Oct. 17 and headed to Long Beach, Calif. After the outbreak, the steadfast unit started enhanced cleaning and disinfection procedures with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vessel Sanitation Program monitoring the concern remotely earlier the vessel docked connected Nov. 17.

The CDC requires ships study illnesses erstwhile much than 2% of passengers and unit go ill. The Coral Princess had implicit 2,700 passengers and unit members aboard.

The outbreak is the 11th gastrointestinal unwellness outbreak aboard a cruise vessel that necessitated a nationalist notification of the year, according to CDC data. Eight of those outbreaks were norovirus.

Symptoms of norovirus infection see diarrhea, cramps, nausea, vomiting, and fever. The symptoms tin airs a important wellness hazard for children, the aged and radical with compromised immune systems.