Norovirus, the "cruise ship virus" Princess Cruises also dealt with a norovirus outbreak this month on its Ruby Princess ship during a cruise that started on Dec. 2 and ended on Wednesday. The ship started its journey in San Francisco and toured around Hawaii, according toCruiseMapper. In all...
VIRAL transmissionVIRAL gastroenteritisPUBLIC healthCRUISE shipsThe article presents findings from an investigation of cases of cruise ship norovirus outbreak associated with person-to-person transmission in U.S. jurisdiction in January 2023. The study evaluated exposure sources, routes of t...
outbreak with 712 infected (including 14 deaths), ship quarantine in Port Yokohama (GHK-Dream Cruises)World Dream (January 19-24) 5day China to Vietnam, roundtrip from Nansha-Guangzhou 12 passengers, ship quarantine in Hong Kong On March 19, Carnival Corporation, in a press release, offered...
Japan's Foreign Ministry plans to launch a research and study project to help to create international rules on how to handle infectious disease outbreaks onboard cruise ships. In February 2020, COVID cluster infections were confirmed aboardPrincess Cruises'Diamond Princess, a cruise ship registered i...
Officials confirmed on Wednesday that a previous passenger who was exposed to the virus on a Grand Princess cruise ship has died.
Workers also directed sick passengers to isolate themselves in their rooms, a Princess Cruises spokesperson said. The company said the sickness was likely caused by norovirus, a very contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea. Norovirus, which is sometimes called the "cruise ship virus," ca...
The outbreak also has ravaged the cruise industry's reputation, thanks in part to a seemingly endless succession of headline-grabbing coronavirus-related disasters, from thequarantine of the Diamond Princessin Japan to the plight of thelong-stuck-at-sea Holland America ship, Zaandam. ...
An estimated 12 million cruise ship passengers arrived or departed from Italian ports last year or made port calls in Italy, according to industry figures. ___ Follow AP’s pandemic coverage at http://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak Copyright 2020 The ...
outbreak. Key elements of the protocol included (1) implementation of active and passive surveillance using standard case definitions; (2) use of targeted rapid influenza diagnostic testing and viral cultures to confirm cases of influenza virus infection; (3) isolation of all crew members meeting ...
Some of the first studies from the ship — where some 700 people were infected — have revealed how easily the virus spreads, provided estimates of the disease’s severity and allowed researchers to investigate the share of infections with no symptoms....