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. The GII4 Sydney strain was identified in 2012 in Sydney Australia. Immerse yourself into culture cuisine art and history on Vikings award winning ships. In fact it affects many more people on land than on cruise ships.

From 2008 to 2014 74 million passengers sailed on cruise ships in the Vessel Sanitation Programs jurisdiction. Norovirus On Cruise Ships In April 2014 over 100 passengers on a week-long Crown Princess cruise had their vacation dampened by illness. Secure Your Cruise Today With NCLs Flexible Cancellation Policy.

In fact according to the CDC over 21 million people are infected with Norovirus each year with less than 1 percent of out breaks occuring on cruise ships. During 2008-2014 a total of 133 cruise ship acute gastroenteritis outbreaks were reported 95 71 of which had specimens available for testing. The Crown Princess is flagged out of Bermuda.

There were seven instances of norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships last year involving a total of 1238 passengers Candy said. CDC investigators finally traced the norovirus not coronavirus illnesses last year back to a smoothie. 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 MMWR titled Acute Gastroenteritis on Cruise Ships - United States 2008-2014 A few highlights.

Ad The future of cruising - Modern Spacious ships. During 20082014 a total of 133 cruise ship acute gastroenteritis outbreaks were reported 95 71 of which had specimens available for testing. 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.

Thats less than a. After months of norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships a smoothie is finally implicated. 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.