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More than 1,000 passengers held on cruise in France after gastroenteritis outbreak
French health authorities confined more than 1,700 people on the ship after 50 showed norovirus symptoms, while testing continues.
- On Tuesday, the Ambassador Cruise Line ship Ambition docked in Bordeaux, France, where authorities quarantined passengers following the death of an elderly passenger suspected of having a gastrointestinal illness.
- Health authorities confirmed that 49 people, including 48 passengers and one crew member, are displaying symptoms consistent with norovirus, prompting strict confinement on the ship while testing occurs.
- The vessel departed Belfast and Liverpool carrying 1,200 British and Irish passengers and 500 staff, with three individuals currently isolated in their cabins on the Ambition.
- Ambassador Cruise Line told the BBC that enhanced sanitation protocols were implemented 'in line with established public health procedures,' adding there is 'no reason' to link the outbreak to the Hondius.
- Testing continues for Ambition passengers as France has mandated compulsory hospital quarantine for contacts linked to the separate Hondius hantavirus outbreak.
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Panic has erupted on a British luxury cruise ship after dozens of people fell ill with gastroenteritis. Authorities are preventing more than a thousand passengers from disembarking in Bordeaux, amid a death on board.
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More than 1,000 passengers held on cruise after gastrointestinal illness outbreak
The ship, which set sail from Belfast on Friday, is at port in Bordeaux after 49 people fell ill from gastrointestinal illness. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source The post More than 1,000 passengers held on cruise after gastrointestinal illness outbreak appeared first on RocketNews.
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