,Newsination) – A Norovirus Outbreak has made more than 70 people sick in 13-day Royal Caribbean Cruise, Disease Control and Prevention Center,
The Cerend of the Cizz of the Royal Caribbean departed from San Diego on 19 September and is scheduled to reach Miami on Thursday, 2 October.
Out of 1,874 passengers, one of 71 and 883 crew members has “reported” sick during the journey “. Major symptoms include diarrhea and vomiting.
In response to outbreak, Royal Caribbean has increased cleaning and disinfected procedures, collected feces samples for testing, isolated sick passengers and crew and consulted with CDC Ship -creating program (VSP) About cleaning processes and reporting cases.
19 gastrointestinal outbreak on cruise ships under the jurisdiction of VSP in 2025
So far in 2025, it has been 19 Gastrointestinal outbreak On cruises within the jurisdiction of vessel sanitation program.
Of those 19 cases, 14 are caused by Norovirus.
According to the VSP, a outbreak is defined when a ship has symptoms of 3% or more passengers or crew reporting of GI disease to the ship’s medical staff. ” In such cases, cruise lines are required to report these incidents.
What is Norovirus?
As CDCNorovirus is a highly infectious virus that can cause diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and abdominal pain, usually developed 12 to 48 hours after exposure.
The virus usually spreads in contact with infected individuals or contaminated surfaces, food or water.
