Alaska Cruise Ship Illness

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Alaska cruise ship illness. Bendie Antonio 42 Costa Fascinosanio Crew Covid-19 Illness Death On Sunday April 19 2020 Bendie Antonio 42 from Talisay Cebu was a crew member aboard Costa Cruises ship Costa Fascinosa when he became ill. As of Aug. Over the last five years only 4 reported cases of illness have been recorded aboard the ships in the Oceania fleet with approximately 300 passengers infected with some form of gastrointestinalNorovirus sickness.

Bryant a health communication assistant with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The cruise company claimed the incident was caused by software malfunction commanding the valves of all the ships 6 swimming pools and whirlpools to open and dump their chlorinated waters into Glacier Bay. Cruise ship staff send this report any time the ship is in the United States or within 15 days of arriving at a US.

According to passengers a Code Red was called the second night of the cruise due to gastro intestinal illness on board. Only 4 gastrointestinalNorovirus outbreaks occurred over the last five years among the Norwegian fleet yet 2000 passengers were infected. However person-to-person transmission via ill cabin mates and public vomiting incidents contribute to the occurrence of most of the outbreaks among passengers 16.

The 7 day Alaska cruise ended in Vancouver on June 4. During the voyage 135 of the 2588 passengers and 16 of the 1093 crewmembers reported being ill according to LaKia R. The ship was sailing with 162 passengers and 52 crew members including an onboard nurse all of whom were tested for COVID-19 after a passenger began feeling ill.

If you feel ill from Norovirus while on a cruise ship visit the ships doctor. All of the passengers were required to be fully vaccinated to sail. CDC reports 68 of 1285 529 passengers and 9 of 599 050 crew have reported gastrointestinal illness on the 3-18 November cruise.

When 2 or more of the passengers or crew have gastrointestinal illness. The total number of infected was 1177 of those 1099 passengers and 78 crew. The cruise lines most popular routes include Hawaii Alaska and the Caribbean.