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Investigation Update on the

  • Cruise Line: Celebrity Cruises
  • Cruise Ship: Celebrity Mercury
  • Voyage Dates: 1/3-1/17
  • Number of passengers who have reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of passengers: 127 of 1842 (6.9%)
  • Number of ill crew who have reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of crew: 5 of 859 (0.6%)
  • Predominant symptoms: diarrhea and vomiting
  • Actions: In response to the outbreak, Celebrity Cruises and the crew aboard the ship took the following actions:
    • increased cleaning and disinfection procedures according to their outbreak response plan,
    • sent twice daily updates to CDC,
    • sent clinical and public health specialists to the ship for additional support,
    • collected stool specimens for analysis.
  • A CDC public health investigative team boarded the ship on January 10th in Puntarenas, Costa Rica to conduct an epidemiologic investigation and evaluate the ship's infection control procedures. The CDC team will sail through the remainder of the voyage. The voyage began in San Diego, CA on January 3rd and will conclude in Fort Lauderdale, FL on January 17th.