dd/mm/yy
|
Ship
|
2008
|
27.5.07
|
Sun Princess
|
A
passenger reports there was a large outbreak of gastrointestinal
illness on the cruise from Freemantle (Australia) to Vietnam/Asia.
Exact numbers have not been reported and are not required by the CDC to
be reported given that the cruise does not include any US ports.
|
9.3.08
|
Sun Princess |
The cruise ending today (14 day
Sydney to New Zealand return) reportedly had an outbreak of
norovirus affecting approximately 100 passengers. According to a
passenger, The
increased sanitisation program that was put in place made things
unpleasant; instead of relaxing on board you were constantly on guard
not to touch the banisters, walking the stairs instead of using the
lifts, avoiding contact with any other passenger, waiting in long
queues for food because services were disrupted, having to walk around
with hand sanitisation gel etc. Staff attitudes were also affected --
deck hands were used as sanitisation crews and were putting in many
hours extra, and Wait staffs had to do much more as well, like putting
salt and pepper on food, as all salt and pepper pots had been removed.
All SPA baths were closed; so were the laundry facilities (which made
things unpleasant as under clothes had to be washed in the staterooms
and after 14 days at sea fresh clothes were becoming a problem).
|
13.1.08
|
Dawn Princess |
A
passengers writes that "many, many passengers" came down with
gastrointestinal illness during the seven day cruise from San Diego to
the Mexican Riviera. The CDC has not reported an outbreak. which
requires 3% or more of passengers to report illness to the infirmary --
in the case of this ship there would need to be 60 passengers reporting
ill to meet the CDC threshold. NOTE: A
passenger on the cruise embarking January 20 also reports a large
number of passengers with gastrointestinal illness during the cruise. |
10.1.08
|
Pacific Princess |
The ship reported 3 of 369
(0.81%)
crew and 33 of 642 (5.14%) passengers
had
reported ill on a cruise that began December 15 in Tahiti and which
disembarked at Ft. Lauderdale January 10. |
dd/mm/yy
|
Ship
|
2007
|
26.12.07
|
Emerald Princess
|
The ship reported 22 of 1211
(1.82%)
crew and 156 of 3209 (4.86%) passengers
had
reported ill on a 10 day eastern Caribbean cruise from Fort Lauderdale. |
8.12.07
|
Star Princess
|
Passengers that there is an outbreak of grastrointstinal
illness on the current cruise. The ship went from organe alert to red
alert on December 7 and the conditions remain the same today. The ship
is on an 18 day cruise from Civitavecchia to Fort Lauderdale (Dec 3 -
20).
|
8.4.07
|
Caribbean Princess |
The
CDC reports that 117 people came down with what appeared to be
norovirus on the cruise ending today -- six people were still in
isolation when the cruise ended. The breakdown of crew vs.
passengers
reporting ill was not provided -- instead the illness was minimized by
saying that "about 2.5 percent of those onboard" (reportedly 4500
passengers and crew) had reported ill. If the distribution
between
crew and passengers is as it usually is, the percentage is closer to 4
percent of passengers.
|
22.3.07
|
Regal Princess |
The ship reported that 8 of 860 crew (0.9%) and 69 of 1504
passengers (4.6%) have reported ill on a 12 day cruise from Lima (Peru)
to San Juan. The cruise ends March 25. This is the
first cruise since the ship left drydock following its scraping bottom
on a Mexican Riviera cruises (see February 20).
|
8.2.07
|
Island Princess |
The ship reported that 37 of 916 4.04%)
crew and 179 of 1936 (9.25%) passengers
had
reported ill on a 15 day Hawaii cruise to/from
Los Angeles (26 Jan - 10 Feb). Symptons
were
consistent with gastrointestinal illness (e.g., norovirus). One
passenger suggests the number of ill passengers was 2 or more times the
numbers given by the CDC -- here are his
comments.
|
dd/mm/yy
|
Ship
|
2006
|
20.12.06
|
Regal Princess |
The ship reported that 5 of 678
crew and 75 of 1479 (4.81%) passengers had reported ill on the 7 - 27 December Panama Canal cruise from San Juan. Symptons were
consistent with gastrointestinal illness (e.g., norovirus) |
10.12.06
|
Sun Princess |
The ship reported that 7 of 862 (0.81%)
crew and 112 of 2013 (5.56%) passengers had reported ill on the 30 November - 10 December Caribbean cruise from Fort
Lauderdale. Symptons were
consistent with gastrointestinal illness (e.g., norovirus) |
5.11.06
|
Island Princess |
The ship reported that 11 of 905 (1.22%)
crew and 109 of 1959 (5.56%) passengers had reported ill on the 21 October - 5 November cruise to Hawai'i, leaving
from and returning to Los Angeles.
Symptoms
were consistent with gastrointestinal illness (e.g., norovirus). |
9.9.06
|
Diamond Princess |
Just got off the Diamond
Princess cruise to Alaska - 9/2 - 9/9/06 .. ship was delayed on 9/2/06
by three hours due to the norovirus on the previous cruise. Before
boarding we were given "Precaution Health Advisory Norovirus" letters -
from Dr Grant Tarling, warning us of the illness and the precautionary
measures we should take. We received another "Health Advisory
Update"
letter on Thursday, 9/7/06 stating that over the last 24 hours they had
"noticed an increase in new cases strongly suggestive of Norovirus" and
requested our continued support with their recommended health
precautions. The CDC reports 4 of 1120 crew (0.36%) and
127 of
2643 passengers (4.81%) were reported as ill. |
27.8.06
|
Diamond Princess |
From a passenger: Norovirus
was reported on Aug
27
and the ship's Doctor sent out several memos. Capt also mentioned
hygienic precautions in at least one noontime report from the bridge.
Cruise director also came down with it and spent
2 days in his cabin. Each dining room had a list of
cabin numbers in quarantine. You had to give your cabin number to enter
the dining room. I got a peek at the list and there were three
pages of probably 20 entries per
page. Would estimate minimum of 60 cases that were
reported. Suspect there were many others who were sick but did
not report because they did not want to be quarantined. |
24.8.06
|
Diamond Princess |
From a passenger on the cruise
embarking August 19: Spike in
GI incidence Thursday
morning Aug. 24, 2006 (day 5)after being in port in Skagway day
before. At noon hour staff in Horizon Court began serving all
food & bread baskets no longer on table in dining
room. Captain made an annoucement late afternoon
advising of increased precautions & encouraging all pasenegers to
use hand sanitizers. Masked, gloved crew members observed
removing cabin linens into sealed plastic bags. Numbers affected
unknown. |
6.6.06
|
Pacific Princess |
A passenger reports at Cruise
Critic
on an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness affecting more than 40
passengers (5.88% of the 680 onboard). The outbreak
appeared to be kept under control through usual measures such as
closing buffets and public areas and requiring use of sanitizers.
The
ship is cruising southeast
Asia. |
31.5.06
|
Sea Princess |
The
ship will skip Lisbon and end its current cruise a day early because of
a norovirus outbreak. (The ship anchored
at Vigo but passengers were no allowed to disembark.) Many fell sick within 24 hours of
embarkation;
there had been a similar outbreak on the previous cruise. The
Mirror
reports that 215 passengers and 15 crew had fallen sick on the current
cruise and there were similar numbers the cruise before. (Here's
a collection
of media reports.)
|
29.5.06
|
Coral Princess |
As
passengers boarded they were asked to sign a statement indicating they
had been notified that norovirus was onboard. An unknown number
of
passenger were ill the previous cruise and the cruise ending June 5.
|
dd/mm/yy
|
Ship
|
2005
|
30.11.05
|
Diamond Princess |
The Brisbane Courier-Mail reports that doctors are "battling
to contain a highly contagious gastrointestinal virus among almost 4000
passengers and crew on the luxury cruise liner." The ship is on
a 16-day cruise which began in Beijing on November 20. Passengers
were
given a health advisory about norovirus when they boarded the
fully-booked ship; by day 4 they were advised that 37 cases have been
reported and instructed to practice good personal hygiene. The
number
of ill was revised to 58 (of 2650 passengers) on November 30. A
passenger aboard the previous cruise (November 8 -- Bankok to Beijing)
reports that a number of people had norovirus symptoms -- "there was
never an official notice but it was common knowledge ." |
| 14.5.05 |
Dawn Princess |
The CDC reports that 76 of 1974 passengers (3.9%)
and 9 of 864 crew members (1.0%) reported ill during
the
April 29 - May 14 cruise ending in San Francisco. |
14.5.05
|
Sun Princess |
The CDC reports that 121of 2000 passengers (6.05%)
and 4 of 852 crew members (.47%) reported ill during
the
May 9 - 16 cruise ending in Whittier, AK. |
23.3.05
|
Royal Princess |
The CDC reports that 41 of 1163 passengers (3.27%)
and 15 of 541crew members (2.77%) reported ill during
the
March 7 - March 24 cruise ending in Fort Lauderdale. |
| 18.1.05 |
Sun Princess |
The CDC reports that 93 of 2,035 passengers (4.57%) and
5 of 865 crew members (.58%) reported ill with norovirus during
the Jan 8 - 18
cruise beginning and ending in
Fort Lauderdale. Plans were to have the ship "fogged" before the next
cruise. |
14.1.05
|
Diamond Princess |
Several passengers posted messages at Cruise Critic
indicating
a significant number (a busload) of passengers experienced symptoms
consistent with norovirus during the cruise Jan 7 - 14 (ending in Los
Angeles).
|
| 7.1.05 |
Coral Princess |
A passenger reports that there was an increased number
of
passengers and crew with gastrointestinal illness and estimates between
40 and 100 passengers and 25 to 30 crew members have been
affected. The CDC reported 84 of 2116 (3.97%) passengers and 31
of 913
crew (3.4%) reported ill on this cruise to/from San Juan. |
dd/mm/yy
|
Ship
|
2004
|
19.12.04
|
Golden Princess |
A passenger reports there was a significant outbreak of
illness
(hundreds of passengers affected) on the Caribbean cruise, December 12
- 19. According to CDC: the ship reported that an unusual number
of passengers and some crew members were experiencing GI
illness. The ship’s medical staff reported that 84 of 2742 (3.06%)
passengers and 15 of 1100 (1.36%) crew members were ill.
Predominant symptoms are diarrhea and vomiting. The cruise ends
in San Juan on December 19. |
| 2.11.04 |
Sun Princess |
The ten-day cruise was struck with an outbreak of
illness. According to one passenger: I
was confined (quarenteened) to my cabin for 5 days with the Norwalk
Virus. I got it 4 days into the sailing and at the 1st port we arrived
at. I never left the ship. We were later told that the service in the
dining room was so poor because everyone was sick. Then we heard from
the entertainer that she had the flu and a fever and was the whole crew
was given a vaccine(flu shot). Representatives of the CDC
boarded the ship, but no information has yet been released. |
| 20.9.04 |
Sun Princess |
The ship will go through a "super-sanitization" for any
traces of Norwalk-like virus when its arrives at Vancouver today.
101 passengers and 14 crew were reported ill by September 17. The
cruise left Whittier September 13.
|
17.9.04
|
Regal Princess |
I
received
the following from a passenger onboard the
ship: The captain has just
announced that there are sick people on board and that we need to wash
our hands especially after we use the restroom ... They have isolated
the people who are sick and are in high alert and started the
sterilization process to stop the virus before it gets worse. It
must just be starting. The cruise began in New York on
Sept. 11 and ended in Montreal Sept. 21. On September 21, the ship’s
medical staff reported that 47 of 1537 (3.06%) passengers and 7 of 680
(1.03%) crew members were ill. The predominant symptoms were diarrhea,
vomiting, abdominal cramps, and nausea. |
| 13.9.04 |
Sun Princess |
Princess Cruises reported that that 145 of 1998 (7.26%)
passengers and 5 of 855 (.58%) crew members were ill. The predominant
symptoms were diarrhea and vomitting.. The ship's voyage
will ended on September 13, 2004, in Whittier, AK (sailing dates:
September 6 - 13). |
| 28.7.04 |
Pacific Princess |
Princess Cruise Line reported that that 22 of 614 (3.58%)
passengers and 4 of 383 (1.04%) crew members were ill. The predominant
symptom is diarrhea. The ship's voyage
will end on August 17, 2004, in Honolulu, HI (sailing dates: July
25-August 17). They will arrive in U.S. port (Saipan) on August
1. CDC
numbers: 57 pax (9.22%) and 10 crew (2.52%). |
10.6.04
|
Island
Princess
|
For
a second week in a row, passengers were struck with
illness consistent witn norovirous. On June
9, the ship
reported that 66 passengers and 19 crew had reported illness consistent
with norovirus. The cruise began in
Whittier and will end June 12 in
Vancouver.
|
4.6.04
|
Island
Princess
|
375
passengers and 49 crew were reportedly stricken with
norovirus. The seven-day cruise began in Vancouver on May 29 and
ended a day early in Whittier on June 4.
|
24.3.04
|
Royal
Princess
|
On
March 22, the ship reported that 46 passengers and 12
crew had reported illness consistent with norovirus. The cruise
ran from March 9 - 25.
|
22.1.04
|
Coral
Princess
|
136
passengers (6.49%) and 20 crew members (2.19%) on Panama Canal cruise
reportedly came down with a gastronintestinal illness caused by
norovirus.
|
dd/mm/yy
|
Ship
|
2003
|
28.8.03
|
Regal
Princess
|
There
was an outbreak of Norwalk-like virus on the ship
on Aug 19th, the day after it left Copenhagen. A total of 301
passengers and 45 crew were reportedly ill during the planned 16 day
cruise. The cruise ended two days early
in NYC (Sept 2) after missing planned stops in Greenland and
Newfoundland. While the cruise line suggests that a passenger
brought the virus with them when they boarded in Copenhagen, a
psasenger on the previous cruise reports that there had been "...several days of
overflowing toilets in the public restrooms, as well
as in the passengers cabins occured. Carpets were changed, plastic
over carpet in several areas seemed the norm. Several crew members
fell ill including our assistant waiter who was quarentined for days."
There were purportedly plumbing problems on several earlier
cruises as well. A report from onboard
indicates
that
as of September 7th, there have been no illnesses and all
of the crew is back on duty.
|
9.8.03
|
Star
Princess
|
107
passengers and 14 crew members were afflicted by Norwalk-like virus on
cruise between Seattle and Alaska. Departure of next cruise delayed
several hours for disinfecting of the ship.
|
2.2.03
|
Sun
Princess
|
265
passengers and 29 crew came down with a gastrointestinal
illness during the ship's voyage from Los Angeles to Hawaii (Jan. 25 -
Feb. 1). It is suspected to be Norwalk-like virus. After
new cases continued to appear, Princess decided to cut the cruise short
(ending it on February 4th in Honolulu) and to fly passengers back to
the mainland from Hawaii. The ship will be sanitized on its five
day voyage back to Los Angeles (arriving February 9th).
|
dd/mm/yy
|
Ship
|
2002
|
1-8.6.02
|
Ocean
Princess
|
Outbreak
of gastrointestinal illness caused by Norwalk-like
virus effects 88 passengers and 39 crew. See
CDC for more information.
|
| 24.5 - 1.6.02 |
Ocean
Princess |
Outbreak
of gastrointestinal illness caused by Norwalk-like virus
effects 40 passengers and 12 crew. See
CDC for more information. |
dd/mm/yy
|
Ship
|
2001 and earlier
|
Aug.98
|
Regal Princess
|
Princess cancelled a cruise in order to clean the ship after
430 passengers became ill on three successive Alaska cruises (Norwalk
virus).
|
Apr.97
|
Royal Princess
|
Illness (E. coli) outbreak
reported by CDC -- details unknown |
Feb.97
|
Regal Princess
|
Illness outbreak reported by CDC --
details unknown |
Mar.96
|
Royal Princess
|
Illness (E. coli) outbreak
reported by CDC -- details unknown |