Cruise ships are prone to disease outbreaks due to close quarters, diverse passenger origins, and mobility. Experts discuss hantavirus, norovirus, and Covid-19 incidents, highlighting challenges in ventilation, food safety, and diagnosis onboard.
El brote de norovirus a bordo de un barco vacacional en Francia se suma a la crisis por hantavirus y genera dudas sobre la reputación de este tipo de embarcaciones
A UK/Ireland passenger cruise ship, Ambition, docked in Bordeaux with a norovirus outbreak, leading to a 24-hour lockdown. 48 passengers and 1 crew had active cases; a 92-year-old British man died of a heart attack, unrelated to the outbreak. Asymptomatic individuals were allowed to disembark on Wednesday.
Uno studio evidenzia la necessità di maggiore preparazione per identificare agenti infettivi a bordo di navi, dopo focolai di Hantavirus e norovirus, e altri quattro casi di contagi nel 2026.
Over 1,000 passengers on the cruise ship Ambition were held in Bordeaux after a norovirus outbreak. 49 fell ill, but all non-symptomatic passengers are now free to leave or continue with the cruise.
Un paquebot de croisière en escale à Bordeaux, confiné depuis mercredi matin, a vu sa quarantaine levée partiellement après confirmation d'une gastro-entérite virale. Sur 1 233 passagers, une cinquantaine a montré des symptômes, avec un décès d'un nonagénaire. Les non symptomatiques peuvent débarquer.
More than 1,700 passengers and crew are confined to the cruise ship Ambition in Bordeaux after a suspected norovirus outbreak. About 50 people have shown symptoms, and a 92-year-old passenger died, though the cause is unconfirmed.
A cruise ship in Bordeaux, France, with over 1,700 passengers and crew, has been confined after a 90-year-old passenger died from a suspected norovirus infection, with around 50 others showing symptoms.
Un paquebot de croisière, l'Ambition, est confiné à Bordeaux après le décès d'un passager et des symptômes digestifs chez une cinquantaine de personnes, sans lien confirmé avec l'hantavirus.
French authorities have confined over 1,700 passengers and crew on the cruise ship Ambition in Bordeaux due to a suspected norovirus outbreak, with 1 death and 49 cases reported.
More than 100 people aboard a cruise ship that departed from Fort Lauderdale in Florida last month have fallen ill from norovirus, according to the US Centres for Disease Control. The Caribbean Princess, a Princess Cruises ship, departed from Port Everglades on April 28 for an 11-day voyage, according to Cruise Mapper. But on Thursday, the CDC announced that 102 passengers and 13 crew members were sick and had been isolated. There are more than 4,000 people on board, according to the CDC. The...
