Investigation Update on the Pacific Princess
- 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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