- Cruise Line: Princess Cruises
- Cruise Ship: Caribbean Princess
- Voyage Dates: 10/19-10/26
- Number of ill passengers out of total number of passengers at the end of the voyage: 172 of 3081 (5.58%)
- Number of ill crew out of total number of crew at the end of the voyage: 13 of 1161 (1.12%)
- Predominant symptoms: diarrhea and vomiting
- Actions: In response to the outbreak, Princess Cruises and the crew aboard the ship took the following actions:
- increased cleaning and disinfection procedures,
- sent daily updates to CDC and until the number of ill people returned to expected levels,
- notified oncoming passengers of the illness,
- delayed disembarkation in order to clean in disinfect the ship in greater detail, and
- collected stool specimens for analysis.
- Princess Cruises sent daily updates to VSP until the number of ill people returned to expected levels
on voyage 11/02-11/09.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, U.S.A Tel: (404) 639-3311 • CDC Contact Center: 800-CDC-INFO • 888-232-6348 (TTY)
