The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed an “unknown” outbreak on a cruise ship.
The outbreak aboard the Queen Victoria cruise ship was first reported in early February. 15 People were suffering from undiagnosed illnesses.
Passengers on the cruise ship suffered from symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea.
However, a mysterious disease quickly spread throughout the cruise ship.
CDC report At least 154 of the 129 passengers and 25 crew members fell ill.
The cruise ship has 1,824 passengers and 967 crew members on board.
in spite of investigating The illness occurred more than two weeks ago, but the CDC said the cause of the outbreak was “unknown.”
This outbreak is being monitored by the CDC’s Ship Hygiene Program.I will help The cruise ship industry prevents and controls the introduction, transmission, and spread of gastrointestinal diseases onboard cruise ships. ”
Cunard Cruise Line, which operates the Queen Victoria, has increased cleaning and disinfection procedures, isolating sick passengers and crew, and “informed current and on-board passengers and crew of the situation on board. “We encouraged prompt reporting of illness and good hand hygiene.”
according to cruise mapper, the Queen Victoria cruise ship is currently on a 55-day voyage that began on January 22 in Hamburg, Germany. On Tuesday, the ship will arrive at its next port of call, Apia, in the South Pacific island nation of Samoa. The cruise ends in Sydney, Australia on March 4th.
Epoch Epoch reported, “While the CDC report has not yet determined the cause of the outbreak on the Cunard cruise ship, norovirus has been the most common cause of illness on cruise ships in recent years.”
CDC Define About Norovirus: “A highly contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea. Anyone can become infected with Norovirus and become sick. Norovirus is also known as the ‘stomach flu’ or ‘stomach bug.’ there is. However, norovirus infections are not related to influenza, which is caused by the influenza virus. ”
health department I got it. Most norovirus outbreaks in the United States occur between November and April.
On average, approximately 20 million people are infected with norovirus each year, 109,000 are hospitalized, and 900 die from norovirus, most of whom are adults 65 years of age or older.
Norovirus outbreak on cruise ship because Close living quarters and new people coming on board.
The CDC reported 14 disease outbreaks on cruise ships in 2023. Thirteen cases were caused by norovirus, and the remaining cases were caused by E. coli and salmonella.
There has already been one case of norovirus infection on a cruise ship this year.
In January, a norovirus outbreak occurred on the Celebrity Constellation cruise ship.there were 92 Eight passengers and crew members fell ill.
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