Hundreds of people on cruise ships were sickened with stomach illnesses in the past month in five separate incidents, according to an update provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The five outbreaks involved the Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2 in two separate incidents, Holland America Line’s Rotterdam, Princess Cruises’ Ruby Princess, and Holland America Line’s Zuiderdam, the CDC said on Dec. 31.
In the five December outbreaks reported to the CDC, 781 passengers and 109 crew members were sickened as of Dec. 31. Norovirus, a contagious virus that causes stomach illnesses with symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea, caused all five of those outbreaks….