The cause of gastrointestinal disease is unknown. (representative picture)

Several passengers on a U.S. cruise ship mysteriously developed vomiting and diarrhea, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an alert Wednesday. According to news reports, at least 123 passengers and 16 crew members on the Queen Victoria have reported illness since it departed from Florida on January 22. Health officials said the cause of the gastrointestinal illness was unknown, but they added that the main symptoms among those on board included diarrhea and vomiting.

“Of the total number of passengers on board, the number of passengers who reported becoming ill during the voyage: 123 of 1,824 (6.74%),” the CDC said in the report. alarm. It added: “Of the total crew on board, the number of crew members reported to have become ill during the voyage: 16 out of 967 (1.65%).”

In response to this mysterious outbreak, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that Cunard Cruise Line’s ships have quarantined sick passengers and crew members and “increased cleaning and disinfection procedures in accordance with the ship’s epidemic prevention and response plan.” The CDC added that the health agency’s Ship Sanitation Program is currently monitoring the situation on board the ship.

“Reported gastrointestinal illness cases are totals for the entire voyage and do not represent the number of active (symptomatic) gastrointestinal cases at any particular port of call or at the time of disembarkation,” the health agency noted.

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according to new york postOn January 22, the Queen Victoria cruise ship departed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for a 16-night voyage. The ship is scheduled to dock in San Francisco on February 7 and Honolulu five days later.

Meanwhile, passengers on a Florida cruise ship a few weeks ago fell ill with an unknown illness. Passengers on the cruise ship reported symptoms of gastroenteritis, or stomach flu, after departing from Jacksonville. One passenger, Miranda Hill, said she became so ill that she began vomiting blue vomit. “My vomit was bright blue, I’d never eaten anything blue and every time I saw blue vomit it had to deal with poisoning,” she said.