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    Cruise passengers, crew struck by norovirus

    MIAMI (AP) — A stomach virus has stricken more than 100 people on a Princess Cruise Lines ship sailing from South Florida.

    The company said in a statement that 92 passengers and 13 crew members aboard the Ruby Princess were affected by Norovirus, which causes vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain. The ship is expected to return to Fort Lauderdale Sunday.

    Meanwhile, there has been an increase in the number of cases of gastrointestinal illness among passengers on the Crown Princess, which returned Saturday to Port Everglades.

    Spokeswoman Julie Benson says the cases do not appear to be related. The cause of the illness has not yet been determined.

    All cabins and public areas on the ships are being disinfected, which will delay their next departures.

    (This version CORRECTS APNewsNow. Corrects first paragraph to show that the Ruby Princess returns Sunday, while the Crown Princess returned Saturday.)

     
    • Anonymous  •  3 mths ago
      Something's wrong: this is a relatively common occurance on cruise ships.
      • Wayne 3 mths ago
        Yes, it is. The reason being that now these ships are filled with swimming pools, waterslides, spas, whirlpools, and then you are fed tons of food in a buffet setting. Oh what a giant petri dish on water.
      • coyote kid 3 mths ago
        No sheet sherlock.
    • hangman  •  3 mths ago
      Give the passengers M R E' s and avoid the problem. Good enough for the Marines, good enough for the passengers.
      • JAFO001 3 mths ago
        Definitely won't be any diarrhea after a few days of MRE's. But boy howdy, when you *do* have to go...ouch!
      • bob 3 mths ago
        boy howdy, root-tootin' right!
      • Dottie 3 mths ago
        @JAF, I thought you were supposed to use that little bottle of sauce that came with them to avoid that issue?
    • Wayne  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      I think this is taking the poop deck a little to literal.
    • qwerty  •  3 mths ago
      At lease is didn't sink,
      never know these days...
      • Ichibon 3 mths ago
        SPELL CHECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      • Dottie 3 mths ago
        Thanks Ichi - my thoughts exactly.
    • Susan  •  3 mths ago
      Not a good year for cruise ships.
      • Carolyn 3 mths ago
        Low water pressure ?
    • Stinger  •  3 mths ago
      Wash your hands people
    • Fire2Ice  •  Pocatello, Idaho  •  3 mths ago
      Let me guess...the Captain fell into a lifeboat and headed for shore,and the virus didn't affect him. I'm giving second thoughts to the cruise I've always wanted to take.
    • someone1  •  Clearwater, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      A Cruise?...Um, No thanks..I'm good.
    • Justforyou  •  3 mths ago
      100people from the same cruise all sick at the same time and the cruise company says the cases are not related? Now that's funny!
    • EMILIA  •  3 mths ago
      wash your hands after you wipe youre #$%$ and no fecil poisoning
    • Jon  •  3 mths ago
      Wash your funky hands people.
    • flxibl2006  •  3 mths ago
      Is there a Taco Bell on board?
    • Royce Mullins  •  Orlando, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      and the ships are returning to Florida with this virus in tact! YAY!!!!
    • Darkangel  •  3 mths ago
      People just can't wash their hands before handling food & eating. On those buffet lines your handling the same utensels as the guy in front of you who just went to the bathroom and didn't wash his hands
    • JD  •  Santa Barbara, California  •  3 mths ago
      It's not the cruise ships that are the problem. It is people who go to the bathroom and then don't wash their hands after wiping or whatever else they are doing. If everyone would wash their hands after that activity, not to mention staying home if you are sick, you wouldn't infect others, thus ruining their vacations.
    • Uh Boy  •  3 mths ago
      I had a buddy just return from a cruise a week ago. From the sound of it, they had less time in port to have fun than I did when I spent 4 years on a Coast Guard Cutter!

      I think I'd rather fly to a great spot and plug in to the local scene for awhile, instead of being herded about and told how to have fun for a week.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  3 mths ago
      Viruses take vacations too, you know.
    • Robert  •  Everett, Washington  •  3 mths ago
      The owners of the Costa Concordia knew how to avoid norovirus.
    • PAUL  •  3 mths ago
      "The cases do not appear related" You're kidding right? What is it a coincidence?
    • JamesE  •  Columbia, South Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      Been on many cruises and never got sick. Went to Las Vegas and caught a norovirus that danged near killed me. It made national news that year about the virus and how many people were sick. The key is washing your hands and being just plain lucky. I will say that if you put 3000 people in a space together the odds are someone is carrying some kind of communicable disease whether its the common cold or something far worse. If you have the chicken little mentality the best thing to do is stay at home and keep the blinds closed as germs are everywhere.
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