Tag: Norovirus

Monday, April 7th 2025 - 11:09 UTC
UK Health Agency warns of potential second norovirus wave this summer

The latest UK Health Security Agency, UKHSA, shows norovirus cases continue to rise across UK, with laboratory reports at the highest levels since reporting data this way began in 2014. This is because data shows a shift in circulating strains, and UKHSA warns that people who already had the virus this (boreal) winter could be at risk again.
Monday, December 18th 2017 - 07:23 UTC
Norovirus strikes again: Royal Caribbean's “Independence of the Seas” en route to Jamaica

Passengers of Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas expressed relief early Saturday as they returned to Florida after more than 200 people fell ill aboard the five-night cruise. Royal Caribbean said 220 passengers came down with a gastrointestinal illness during the cruise, which left Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades last Monday for Labadee and Jamaica.
Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 09:48 UTC
Norovirus outbreak in Massachusetts shellfish growing areas

The norovirus which has caused havoc to the cruise industry had emerged in Massachusetts waters forcing the closure of shell fishing within Wellfleet Harbor. The ban imposed by the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) has been set since October 28, but does not include bay and sea scallop adductor muscles and carnivorous snails, including conchs and whelks.
Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 08:30 UTC
Norovirus outbreak on two cruise ships off the coasts of Mexico and California

Hundreds of Royal Caribbean passengers were stricken with acute gastrointestinal ailments, including vomiting and diarrhea, on two cruise ships off the coasts of Mexico and California earlier this week. The debilitating illness was identified as norovirus, outbreaks of which aren’t uncommon on cruise ships, especially during the winter season.
Saturday, February 7th 2015 - 05:41 UTC
Grandeur of the Seas struck by Norovirus cuts shorts Caribbean cruise

A ten-night sailing of Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas cruise ship was cut short by one day after nearly 10% of passengers were struck by norovirus. An unrelated medical emergency expedited the need for the ship to dock early as bad weather made an at-sea transfer impossible.
Friday, December 6th 2013 - 23:20 UTC
Falklands working on a policy to protect the Islands from norovirus

The Falkland Islands is aiming to develop a policy to protect the territory from the spread of norovirus, an infection which is not uncommon in big urban centres but which several cruise vessels have also experienced.
Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 04:49 UTC
“Vision of the Seas” cruising the Caribbean hit by norovirus

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. on Friday said its “Vision of the Seas” cruise ship returned to Port Everglades in Florida with 108 people who might have caught an illness thought to be norovirus.
Monday, December 10th 2012 - 05:44 UTC
Norovirus attacks cruise ship on the Rhine: 183 pax quarantined

Many passengers aboard a River Rhine cruise ship have fallen ill. The cruise liner, the MS Bellriva, had been on the river when around 70 people complained of symptoms linked to the highly contagious Norovirus.
Monday, February 6th 2012 - 06:59 UTC
Another setback for Carnival: several cruise vessels victims of the Norovirus

More than 100 people on board a cruise ship operated by a unit of Carnival Corp have fallen ill with a stomach virus, the latest setback facing the world's biggest cruise company, which came under scrutiny last month for the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster in Italy.
Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 21:51 UTC
Political controversy in Gibraltar over the outbreak of Norovirus in local hospital

Political controversy has erupted in Gibraltar following the outbreak of a Norovirus infection in a local hospital. The highly contagious virus which causes vomiting, diarrhoea and dehydration is not unknown to the cruise industry which has been forced to cancel trips and isolate vessels.