300 Passengers Sick On Cruise Ship

A Caribbean cruise has been cut short after more than 300 people on board the ship began vomiting and suffering from diarrhoea.

300 passengers sick on cruise ship. The newspaper reports that more than 300 passengers on-board the cruise ship are believed to have been affected with a gastrointestinal illness. 400-Plus Passengers Get Sick on Cruise. During the five-night cruise 332 cases of a gastrointestinal.

According to the statement 281 of. And while 99 of passengers have their cruise go without a hitch there are some unlucky passengers who find themselves seeking medical. About 3 percent or 19 of the 689 crew members on board.

When headed out on a cruise getting sick or hurt is usually the last thing on a passengers mind. This has been officially confirmed by Owen Torres a spokesperson for the Royal Caribbean. Texas -- where the ship sailed out -- bans businesses from requiring vaccinations but the Belize tourism board claimed that 96 percent of the passengers on the cruise and 99 percent of the crew.

The spokesperson identified the illness as the norovirus an infectious disease also known as. By Friday the ships medical staff reported 297 of the 1576 passengers on board -- nearly 19 percent -- were ill CDC officials said. Gastrointestinal symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea afflict almost 10 of.

Nearly 300 passengers sickened on Royal Caribbean cruise ship. A Royal Caribbean cruise ship returned to a Florida port Saturday after hundreds of passengers on board became sick reports said. This article is more than 6 years old.

From gastro-intestinal bugs to seasickness to spraining an ankle on a rolling ship the chance for a mishap is always there. More than 300 passengers on the cruise ship Oriana have been quarantined in their cabins after a breakout of the highly contagious norovirus. Passengers are typically.