Stomach Flu On Cruise Ships

Cruise ships must keep track of instances when passengers or crew members report multiple symptoms of the stomach flu.

Stomach flu on cruise ships. The sickness usually lasts no more than three days. All-aged friendly cruise with 40 facilities and various activities. Norovirus better known as the stomach flu was the cause of two of.

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Published November 16 2014. The bug was possibly brought onto the ship by passengers while. There are two reasons stomach flu seems to crop up so often on cruises Rupp said.

Once an infected person gets onboard a ship the. Book by 18 Oct. The ship must notify the CDC when 2 percent of the passengers on board have symptoms.

Stomach flu confirmed on cruise ships Ocean Princess and Anthem of the Seas and the University of Michigan is conducting a new. With cruise ship outbreaks regularly appearing in the news awareness of Norovirus -- an extremely common and highly contagious virus that causes gastroenteritis -- has been significantly raised. The CDC notes that while people often associate cruise ships with norovirus acute gastrointestinal illness is relatively infrequent on cruise ships.

After visiting the ships infirmary I was put under a 24-hour. According to US health officials more than 300 people on board the Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship have been struck down with a suspected stomachflu. People get seasick on ships all the time report to the doctor or guest services for meds wear patches or take pills.