Alaska Cruise Ship Norovirus

It spreads in locations where people are congregated into enclosed spaces nursing homes hospitals daycares and schools hotels dormitoriesand yes cruise ships.

Alaska cruise ship norovirus. KINY radio reports that officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention boarded a Princess cruise ship in Juneau on Friday to investigate a Norovirus outbreak that. David Lee Fitzgerald 76 Cruise Ship Illness Carnival Liberty Passenger November 10 2010 Time of Death 200. Its the sixth reported norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship this year and the second in Alaska according to the CDC.

The ship was hit by the virus while sailing a. Holland America Alaska cruise. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report an outbreak of norovirus on a cruise ship in Alaska.

KTOO public media reports 73 people have reported getting sick on the Holland America cruise ship Zaandam which ported in Juneau Friday. We apologize but this video has failed to load. The ship was the site of eight norovirus outbreaks from late 2016 to early 2017 when sailing from Australia.

Prayitno Creative Commons The ms Oosterdam has been hit by Norovirus which is also known as a gastrointestinal sickness. Radisson Seven Seas Cruises. Norovirus info Norovirus is one of the leading causes of acute gastroenteritis and affects about 20 million Americans annually.

Before last December the most recent previous outbreak involving a Royal Caribbean cruise was a case of norovirus in February 2016 aboard the Anthem of the Seas. Background During May 2004 the Vessel Sanitation Program VSP investigated an outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis on board a cruise ship sailing in Alaska waters. Community in Unity.

About three percent of people aboard the ship are affected by the norovirus according to the cruise company. From 2008 to 2014 74 million passengers sailed on cruise ships in the Vessel Sanitation Programs jurisdiction. The objectives were to identify a common food item source and explore behavioral.