500 Passengers Sick On Cruise Ship

More than 100 passengers on the ship are sick.

500 passengers sick on cruise ship. Royal Caribbeans Oasis of the Seas cruise is planning to set sail again days after returning to port early after nearly 500 passengers on board became sick. Almost 500 people have now fallen ill after a norovirus outbreak on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship this week. For more information about noroviruses on cruise ships call the CDC public response hotline at 1-800-CDC-INFO 1-800-232-4636.

A cruise ship will return to its Florida port one day early after hundreds of its guests and crew were struck by the bug norovirus. Two recent Royal Caribbean cruises saw more than 500 on board become sick after outbreaks of stomach-related illnesses leading five people to be hospitalized in one of the cases. Close living quarters may increase the amount of group contact.

For more than 400. As for returning to Port Canaveral early Royal Caribbean believes that it the best thing to do for the guests. The premise is akin to not driving on a highway because there are a few accidents.

Since reports on Wednesday the number of infected passengers and crew has increased from 167 to 277 affecting about 33 of the people aboard the ship. Four passengers on a cruise ship bound for Florida have died the cruise line said. In fact we recently spoke with a former cruise ship paramedic who shared all the details of what passengers can expect if they get sick or hurt on their cruise.

A hundred people were confined to their rooms as a norovirus spread throughout the ship according to Fox 35. On Thursday the number of people struck down by norovirus climbed to 475. Royal Caribbeans Oasis of the Seas cruise is planning to set sail again days after returning to port early after nearly 500 passengers on board became sick.

The cruise line instructs COVID-positive passengers to quarantine for 14 days at home and to speak with their doctors. Two hundred more people on Royal Caribbeans Oasis of the Seas cruise ship have been sickened by a gastrointestinal illness bringing the total to 475. Holland America said in a statement posted on its website that.