The ship is scheduled to arrive at Port Canaveral, Florida Monday

More than 100 passengers and over a dozen crew members have fallen ill with norovirus aboard the Caribbean Princess during a 13-day voyage through the Eastern Caribbean. The Princess Cruises ship departed Port Everglades, Florida, last week and is scheduled to arrive at Port Canaveral in the state Monday. At the time of the outbreak, the vessel was carrying 3,116 passengers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 102 passengers became sick with the highly contagious stomach virus. In addition, 13 of the 1,131 crew members onboard also reported illness. Those affected experienced typical norovirus symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea, according to health officials. The virus is known for spreading rapidly in close-contact environments such as cruise ships, where shared dining spaces and frequently touched surfaces can make containment difficult once an outbreak begins.

    • farmgineer@nord.pubEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      I got noro when I was around 20 from food at a family gathering. I ended up in hospital on fluids because I could not drink anything and was vomiting at least once an hour and had diarrhea several times a day. I was so weak I could hardly move.

      • Strider@lemmy.world
        61·
        2 days ago

        Yes, it’s shit (in both ways and we’ve also had it) but hardly newsworthy in the way it is now. I don’t think the world was informed when our kindergarten was affected ant it was easily 100 people in scope at least.

        Literally anyone with contact to any related person got infected.

        • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          6 hours ago

          Literally anyone with contact to any related person got infected.

          if people don’t wash their hands.

          • Strider@lemmy.world
            11·
            5 hours ago

            You don’t know noro, do you?

            I get it and I agree blaming much on people with unclean habits. However with noro you do not stand a chance.

            • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
              2·
              2 hours ago

              Norovirus is transmitted via the fecal-oral route. This is when food workers do not wash shit off their hands and they handle food.

              Yes, you do stand a good chance if people wash their fucking hands after taking a shit but no one does that. They sprinkle a little water, at best.

        • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
          3·
          2 days ago

          It’s literally like an annual event in kindergartens too. Ours had it pretty bad this winter, some kids were hospitalized.

      • Ioughttamow@fedia.io
        4·
        2 days ago

        I’ve had it three times that I know of. Once after a canoe trip, everyone in our car got it but the other car didn’t, so I think it was wherever we had stopped for lunch. Second time it came home from daycare. Both times it was fast but violent, with intense nausea, emesis, and diarrhea. The third time we got it from a company party where over 100 people got sick. I didn’t think it was norovirus because it wasn’t like those first 2 bouts, my wife had some nausea and diarrhea while I pretty much just had overwhelming fatigue. Only know it was norovirus because I submitted a sample to a state lab due to the number sickened