Nearly 30 US cruise ship passengers suffer from mysterious diarrhea

The cruise ship quarantined affected passengers.

Nearly 30 passengers on a luxury cruise ship have been sickened by a gastrointestinal illness outbreak despite Silversea’s reputation for exceptional cuisine, The Star reports. new york post. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that at least 28 of the Silver Nova’s 633 passengers and one crew member reported feeling ill during the 16-day journey from Peru.

The CDC adds that the main symptom is diarrhea. While the exact origin of the outbreak, which has affected about 5% of passengers on board, remains unclear, the CDC says contaminated food or water is the main cause of norovirus outbreaks.

The cruise ship issued an advisory informing staff and guests of the outbreak and urging them to report the situation and practice “good hand hygiene.” Additionally, Silversea Cruises has reportedly quarantined affected passengers and implemented enhanced cleaning and disinfection procedures.

“The health and safety of our guests, crew and the communities we visit is our top priority. To maintain the highest level of health and safety on board, we implement rigorous cleaning procedures, many of which far exceed public standard health guidelines ,” a spokesperson for Silversea Cruises told The Washington Post in a statement. The “Easter-themed” cruise departed Peru on March 31 and ended in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Tuesday.

According to CruiseMapper, double rooms start at $11,700 for a 16-day adventure.

In February, several passengers on the American cruise line Cunard collapsed with vomiting and diarrhea, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. 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.

A few weeks ago, passengers on a cruise ship in Florida 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.