More than 1,000 passengers held on cruise in France after gastroenteritis outbreak
French health authorities confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew after 50 people reported symptoms and a 90-year-old passenger died.
- 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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French authorities have isolated more than 1,700 passengers and crew members on a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a suspected norovirus outbreak, officials said. The ship, Ambition, with passengers mostly British or Irish, arrived in Bordeaux on Tuesday. About 50 people had shown symptoms of the virus, French health officials said, foreign media reported, reports Telegraph. A 92-year-old passenger died on the cruise ship on Sunday. However,…
More than 1,700 people are confined this Wednesday aboard a cruise ship arriving Tuesday night in Bordeaux from Brest, after the death of a 90-year-old passenger and a suspicion of an epidemic of gastroenteritis.
Involuntary stop in Bordeaux: 1700 passengers are not allowed to leave a British cruise ship. Around 50 complain about gastro-intestinal complaints.
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