Cruise Ship Illness 2015

Norovirus an extremely common and highly contagious virus that causes gastroenteritis has become a significant concern for cruisers over the past decade because of the nature of the illness which spreads rapidly when persons occupy close quarters exactly what occurs aboard a cruise ship.

Cruise ship illness 2015. When 2 or more of the passengers or crew have gastrointestinal illness. In 2015 the number of reported illness outbreaks on cruise ships was 23. This means all nine cruise ship outbreaks investigated by the federal agency were due to the.

Cruise ship news. Pre Existing Condition Cruise Industry Death NA August 20 2015 Time of Death is unknown. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line.

Ports must report all cases of gastrointestinal illness treated by on-board medical staff to the CDCs Vessel. The CDC reported 178 of 1948 passengers 914 and 9 of 786 crew 115 have reported ill with gastrointestinal illnessTwo Vessel Sanitation Program environmental health officers boarded the ship in Falmouth Jamaica on January 30 2015 to conduct an epidemiological investigation an environmental health assessment and evaluate the outbreak and response activitiesThe ship was on a 10 day cruise. According to reports at least 299 passengers are sick with what has only been identified as gastroenteritis.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting that 60 passengers aboard the HAL Maasdam are ill with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea. More passengers mean increased opportunity for the spread of illness. 135 of 1746 773 Number of crew who have reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of crew onboard.

Five out of 964 crew members had also taken ill. Passengers began reporting to the ships medical center with gastrointestinal illness according to Karen Candy a spokeswoman for Princess Cruises. August 20 2015 Cause.

Since the start of 2015 the CDC has recorded five outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness aboard cruise ships including the latest outbreak in April on the Celebrity Infinity. Bryant a health communication assistant with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Outbreaks on 2 Cruise Ships Sicken.