Air Borne Illness On Cruise Ships

We reviewed data from the Vessel Sanitation Program VSP established by the US Public Health Service in 1975 to describe the epidemiology of shipboard diarrhoeal outbreaks determine the risk of outbreak-related illness among cruise ship passengers and evaluate changes in rates and patterns of shipboard diarrhoeal illness since the VSP was implemented.

Air borne illness on cruise ships. From 2008 to 2014 74 million passengers sailed on cruise ships in the Vessel Sanitation Programs jurisdiction. Also wash hands after using the restroom returning to. When packing your suitcase for a cruise think about bringing along some Dramamine dimenhydrinate which can be helpful for motion sickness.

On cruises lasting 315 days and having at least 100 passengers diarrhoeal disease outbreaks investigated by the Centers for Disease Control decreased from 81 to 30 per 10. Acute respiratory infections ARI and influenza like illness ILI can occur all year round among cruise ship passengers and crew aboard ships. In May of 2015 a reporter for HealthDay News US.

Clean HVAC Systems Prevent Virus Outbreaks on Cruise Ships. Coronavirus on cruise ships. When 2 or more of the passengers or crew have gastrointestinal illness.

The study was conducted in July 2020 right in the middle of the global health crisis to evaluate how a cruise ships HVAC system worked and what risks were posed to guests and crew members. Port from a foreign port. Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds before eating or smoking.

While 299 people are ill there is a total of 3000 guests and 1000 crew members onboard the ship. Two week ago in articles titled COVID-19 Aboard MSC Virtuosa and Passenger Dies After Super-Spreader COVID-19 Cruise on MSC Virtuosa we reported that there were arround 75 to 100 guests on the MSC cruise ship who contracted COVID-19 during a series of cruises from the UK. Coronavirus COVID-19 is an ongoing pandemic disease that started with the outbreak in Wuhan China in December 2019.

Some tips to reduce the risk of gastrointestinal illness on a cruise ship. Although it is not a common cause of respiratory illness on cruise ships Legionnaires disease is a treatable infection that can result in severe pneumonia leading to death. If 3 or more of the onboard population becomes sick within two weeks of a planned call on the US VSP officials will conduct an investigation.