Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received reports of 21 outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis on 17 cruise ships between January and December 2002. Number of cases received by CDC in 2001; Cases in which an illness is classified as an outbreak; Number of people who reported ...
Federal health investigators say lab tests have confirmed that norovirus was to blame for an outbreak on a cruise ship that sickened nearly 700. It was one of the largest norovirus outbreaks on acruise shipin 20 years. The Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas returned to New Jersey on Wedn...
Crew on the ship cleaned more frequently and used disinfection procedures once the outbreak began, the CDC said. They also collected stool samples for CDC analysis. Workers also directed sick passengers to isolate themselves in their rooms, a Princess Cruises spokesperson said. The company said the...
Vinjé said that the GII.17 strain is behind outbreaks "everywhere" across the country this season of the highly contagious virus, including on cruise ship outbreaks. The CDC tracked at least six norovirus outbreaks on vessels last month, marking the most reported in the month for over a deca...
The regulations also require significant disembarkation protocols should there be an outbreak. A cruise ship operator’s agreement with all U.S. port and local health authorities where the ship intends to dock or make port during one or more simulated voyages or restricted passenger...
cases in the US jumped to 57. That includes 14 who either traveled to China or were close relatives of travelers; three Americans repatriated from Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak in China; and 40 passengers returned home from the cruise ship Diamond Princess, which was quarantined in ...
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The new instructions also include creation of planning materials for agreements that port authorities and local health authorities need to approve in order to ensure cruise lines have the necessary infrastructure to manage Covid-19 outbreak on their ships. ...
Creating planning materials for agreements that port authorities and local health authorities must approve to ensure cruise lines have the necessary infrastructure in place to manage an outbreak of COVID-19 on their ships to include healthcare capacity and housing to isolate infected people and qu...
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