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Cruise Line |
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| January 9-18 |
Pacific Sky P&O Cruises Australia |
Two passengers admitted to hospital with the meningococcal
virus several days after cruise -- one man (21 years old) dies.
P&O Princess stressed that the infection was not related to
the ship but to individual contact. |
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| January 13 |
Wind Surf Windstar Cruises |
Gastrointestinal outbreak
reported to CDC -- 2 pax (3.33%) and 2 crew (1.04%) |
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| February ?? |
Albatross Phoenix Reisen Cruises |
Gastrointestinal outbreak
reported to CDC -- Details unknown |
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| February ?? |
Seabourn Pride Seabourn Cruise Line |
Gastrointestinal outbreak
reported to CDC -- Details unknown |
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| March ?? |
Carnival Pride |
Gastrointestinal outbreak
reported to CDC -- Details unknown (Norwalk-like virus) |
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| March 16-23 |
Nantucket Clipper Clipper Cruise Line |
Gastrointestinal outbreak
reported to CDC -- Details unknown (Norwalk-like virus) |
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| March 23-30 |
Nantucket Clipper |
Gastrointestinal outbreak reported to CDC -- 5=32 pax (34.04%) and 6 Crew (16.679%) | |
| March 24-April 5 |
Caronia Cunard Line |
225 passengers (and at least 15 crew) reported symptoms of
gastroenteritis. An investigation determined the cause to be e
coli from water bunkered at
Guatemala. It was ingested with water and ice cubes made from
the water. See CDC
for more information. |
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| April 24 |
Ryndam Holland America Line |
Gastrointestinal outbreak
reported to CDC -- 52 pax (5.51%) and 17 Crew (3.19%) |
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| April 28 |
Amsterdam Holland America Line |
Gastrointestinal outbreak
reported to CDC -- 12 pax (2.19%) and 18 crew (3.48%) |
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| April 30 |
Caronia Cunard Line |
45 passengers (6.67%) and 2 crew
(.51%) reported ill on the cruise running April 18-30. |
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| May 24 - June 1 | Ocean
Princess Princess Cruises |
Outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by Norwalk-like virus effects 40 passengers and 12 crew. See CDC for more information. | |
| June 1 - June 8 |
Ocean Princess Princess Cruises |
Outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by Norwalk-like
virus effects 88
passengers and 39 crew. See
CDC for more information. |
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| June 10 |
Spirit of Oceanus |
Outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by Norwalk-like virus effects 9 passengers (9.18%). | |
| July 18 - 25 |
Ryndam Holland America Line |
Outbreak of gastrointestinal
illness (167 pax and nine crew) from Norwalk-like virus reported when
ship arrived in Vancouver. See CDC
for
more information. |
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| July 25 - August 1 |
Ryndam Holland America Line |
Outbreak of gastrointestinal illness (189 pax and 30 crew)
from Norwalk-like virus reported by July
30th at 6 PM. The ship is taken out of service to be sanitized. See CDC
for
more information. |
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| August 3 |
Yorktown Clipper Clipper Cruise Line |
Gastrointestinal outbreak
reported to CDC -- 9 pax (6.67%) |
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| August 10 |
Norwegian Sun Norwegian Cruise Line |
Gastrointestinal outbreak
reported to CDC -- 78 pax (3.50%) and 25 crew (2.62%) |
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| August 1 |
Wilderness Explorer Glacier Bay Cruiseline |
Suspected case of Norwalk-like virus (18 of 108
passengers and crew) on July 26 cruise causes following cruise to be
canceled so the ship can be sanitized. Ship returns to
service August 8. |
Full refund |
| August 4-8 |
Disney Wonder Disney Cruise Line |
A crew
member came down with German measles (rubella) during this cruise.
Rubella
can cause birth defects in pregnant women, particularly in the first
trimester
before many women are aware that they are pregnant. Children
under
15 months and people with suppressed immune systems are also at high
risk. Citing the potential cost,
the cruise industry in 1998 essentially ignored CDC recommendations
to administer rubella vaccine to all crew without documented immunity.
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More than 15,000 letters sent to people who sailed in the
two weeks prior to August 4 and those planning to cruise the month
after August 8. |
| August 16 |
Mercury Celebrity Cruises |
Health Canada is investigating an outbreak of
salmonella on two separate cruises (July 28, August 4).
30 cases were reported, though the outbreak likely affected more
people who have not reported illness. Salmonella is a bacteria
that is transmitted through food or drink. |
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| August 29 |
Norwegian Dream Norwegian Cruise Line |
Reported on a cruise chat
board that up to 15% of passengers on this Scandinavian Capitals cruise
contracted a gastrointestinal illness. Unconfirmed whether the
source was Norwalk-like virus, but the ship provided free infirmary
visits, passengers who were ill were restricted to their cabin, the
were limited to no self service buffets, etc. |
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| September 10 - 25 |
Norwegian Dream Norwegian Cruise Line |
169 passengers coming down with a gastrointestinal illness.
The ship provided free infirmary visits, passengers who were ill were
restricted to their
cabin, the were limited to no self service buffets, etc. Source
of illness: Shigella and Giardia. CDC numbers:
165 passengers (10.12%) and 4 crew (.56%). |
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| September 17 |
Radiance of the Seas Royal Caribbean International |
About 46 passengers (and seven crew) aboard a three day
cruise from Vancouver to Seattle became violently ill with stomach and
intestinal problems -- passengers onboard claimed many more got sick.
Some were outraged when the cruise line tried to bill them for
medical expenses -- one passenger was billed $1073 for an IV drip. |
Medical charges waived after passenger complaints |
| September 28 - October 5 |
Norwegian Sun Norwegian Cruise Line |
91 passengers (4.58%) and 2 crew (.21%) reportedly came down
with gastrointestinal
illness (Norwalk-like virus) |
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| October 29 |
Nantucket Clipper Clipper Cruise Line |
Gastrointestinal outbreak
reported to CDC -- 4 passengers (5.19%) and 7 crew (20%) (Sapporo-like virus) |
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| October
1 - 22 |
Amsterdam Holland America Line |
Outbreak
of a gastro-intestinal virus on the October 1 repositioning cruise from
Seattle to Fort Lauderdale. The company
said that 196 passengers and about a dozen crew had contracted the
Norwalk-like virus. CDC: 192 passengers (14.3%) and 23 crew
(3.82%) |
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| October 22- November 1 |
Amsterdam Holland America Line |
41 passengers and 8 crew became ill from Norwalk-like virus
during the cruise. Some were offloaded at ports during the cruise. |
Full refund plus 25% of a future
cruise for those offloaded |
| November ?? |
Seabourn Pride Seabourn Cruise Line |
Gastrointestinal outbreak
reported to CDC -- Details unknown |
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| November 1 - 11 |
Amsterdam Holland America Line |
Upon arrival onboard, passengers were handed a printed
notice that the ship had been contaminated with Norwalk virus during
the previous cruise. On this cruise, 163 passengers and 18 crew
were confirmed sick from Norwalk-like virus; 52 passengers (25 who were
ill) disembarked at Bonaire (8) and St. Thomas, USVI (44). |
Full refund plus 25% of a
future cruise,
for those offloaded |
| November 8 |
Constellation Celebrity Cruises |
134 people on a cruise that arrived at Port Everglades from
Barcelona, Spain reportedly had gastrointestinal illness -- 27
crew (2.82%) and 107 passengers (5.45%) |
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| November 14 |
Amsterdam Holland America Line |
36 people (28 pax and 8 crew) were offloaded at Curacao (day
3 of the cruise) because they exhibited the symptoms associated
with Norwalk-like virus. 8 more passengers and 3 more cruise
contracted the disease in the following 24 hours. By the end of
the cruise, 64 passengers and 18 crew had reportedly been sickened. |
Full refund plus 25% of a
future cruise,
for those offloaded |
| November 15 |
Statendam Holland America Line |
38 pass angers (3.25%) and 4 crew (.73%) came down with
Norwalk-like virus
in the most recent cruise; the ship was the subject of a super-cleaning
before embarking
new passengers. (Source: KGTV (San Diego); CDC) |
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| November 18 |
Monarch of the Seas Royal Caribbean International |
Approximately 100 passengers and crew were reported to have
contracted Norwalk-like virus during the previous cruise. |
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| November 22 |
Disney Magic Disney Cruise Line |
As many as 275 passengers
and crew were affected by Norwalk-like virus. |
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| November 25 |
Statendam Holland America Line |
Reports that 9 passengers and
6 crew on the 10-day cruise to Mexico had "the flu like virus that is
spread
by contact." (Source: KGTV, KFMB-TV (San Diego)) |
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| November 30 |
Disney Magic Disney Cruise Line |
Reported that at least 174 passengers (6.98%) and 23
crew members (1.72%)on
the one-week cruise ending today had contracted a "flu-like illness" --
most likely Norwalk-like virus. |
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| December 2 |
Fascination Carnival Cruise Line |
Approximately 190 passengers and 13 crew are re sported to
have contracted Norwalk-like virus on a weekend cruise |
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| December 2 |
Seven Seas Mariner Radisson Seven Seas |
It was reported at the end of a ten day voyage from the
Canary Islands to Fort Lauderdale that 5 passengers and 16 crew were
sickened by salmonella (a food borne bacteria). |
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| December 5 |
Fascination Carnival Cruise Line |
Reported that two dozen people on the current five day
cruise had stomach flu symptoms consistent with Norwalk-like virus. |
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| December 10 |
Oceana P&O Cruises |
The ship was denied access to St. Maarten after it was
reported that 269 passengers and 24 crew had contracted Norwalk-like
virus. The two week cruise began November 29 at Fort Lauderdale.
(Note: The ship received a score of 95
in its VSP inspection on the day the cruise began.) CDC numbers: 288
pax (15.48%) and 28 crew (3.23%). |
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| December 13 |
Disney Magic Disney Cruise Line |
Reported that 25 passengers contracted a gastrointestinal
illness during the current cruise. |
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| December 15 |
Carnival Conquest Carnival Cruise Line |
Reported that 224 passengers and 39 crew were sickened by
Norwalk-like virus on this seven day Caribbean cruise ending in New
Orleans. |
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| December 22 |
Carnival Conquest Carnival Cruise Line |
Reported that 50 passengers and 30 crew were sickened by
Norwalk-like virus on this seven day
Caribbean cruise ending in New Orleans. |
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| December 16 - 23 |
Brilliance of the Seas Royal Caribbean International |
There were 42 cases of gastrointestinal illness reported
during this cruise, however the true count according to
Flagship Cruises was in the hundreds. "It would appear as though
hundreds
did not report their illness due to a rumor (via staff and crew) that
if you reported your illness you would be confined and/or quarantined
to
your quarters." |
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| December 27 |
Majesty of the Seas Royal Caribbean International |
Reported that 71 passengers and 10 crew were sickened by
Norwalk-like virus on this four day Caribbean cruise. 37
passengers who chose to disembark a day early were taken from Key West
to Miami. |
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