Cruise Ship Flu Outbreak 2019
Author links open overlay panel RN MS CEN Diane Wrobleski clinical nurse specialist.
Cruise ship flu outbreak 2019. On January 9 2009 a flu virus outbreak on the ship affected hundreds of passengers during the Jam Cruise music-themed voyage to the Bahamas from Fort Lauderdale. Nearly 300 passengers sickened on Royal Caribbean cruise ship Jan. NSW Health is warning cruise passengers to be vaccinated against influenza at least two weeks before they board a ship following a spike in outbreaks.
In the past three months around 530 passengers and crew arriving in Sydney have been recorded as. And six passengers were treated for flu-like symptoms. Those passengers who arrived in the Port of Los Angeles on November 24 were diagnosed with norovirus Los Angeles Port Police Lt.
During January 2019 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC and other international health organizations reported several voyages that exceeded the reporting threshold requirement for a norovirus outbreak. They all suffered from influenza experiencing flu symptoms - high fever. One cruise experienced an influenza outbreak and 400 people required treat- ment for diarrhea.
The cruise ship according to Norwegians website was. Another time 80 passengers were injured while being transported to the ship aboard a tender. NorovirusCDC Thus far in 2019 CDC-VSP officials investigated five outbreaks- all before early April nothing since.
Cruise ship staff send this report any time the ship is in the United States or within 15 days of arriving at a US. Authorities say over a dozen people aboard the cruise ship reported flu-like illnesses as they reached a Southern California port. The tender collided with the ship and the.
On final count 592 passengers and crew 7 percent of the people on the ship were hit by a gastrointestinal outbreak that seized Oasis and cut the seven-day Caribbean voyage a day short. When 2 or more of the passengers or crew have gastrointestinal illness. The ship will be cutting its journey short.
