Vomiting On Cruise Ship

Englands Channel 4 is reporting that at least 374 passengers and crew succumbed to norovirus a winter vomiting bug on board Oriana.

Vomiting on cruise ship. Nausea headache abdominal cramps diarrhea vomiting. From 2006 through 2019 approximately 127 million passengers sailed on 252 cruise ships in the Vessel Sanitation Programs VSP jurisdiction. Incidents of norovirus or other gastrointestinal GI disease are quite rare on cruise ships.

In response to an outbreak of diarrhea and vomiting on the cruise ship Viking Sea the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC has announced an active investigation on January 24 2019. Worldwide norovirus is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis. NSW Health confirmed that.

The infection running its course during one cruise or sector the outbreak can continue over a period of several cruises or sectors Ericsson et al. Passengers collapsing restaurants shut down and toilets smelling of vomit. I found the following on NEWSCOMAU this morning couldnt find anything on BBC website although my wife heard it on the news headlines.

Cruise Ships and vomiting bug. All other general messes are communicated with the simple 30-30. What you should know about norovirus.

Called norovirus it is a common scourge of cruise ships hospitals and nursing homes and causes severe diarrhea and vomiting. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC reports that 111 out of of 2122 passengers 523 and 6 out of 790 crew 076 have reported ill with gastrointestinal illness involving vomiting and diarrhea. One of the most common phrases heard on cruises is PVI code for public vomiting Semenova said.

You can read the CDC report here. International health regulations require cruise operators to report the presence of any notifiable and quarantinable diseases on their ship before they enter port. Norovirus is a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea with other possible symptoms including nausea fever a headache and aching arms and legs the NHS says.