Entries Tagged ‘Norovirus’

Almost 100 Sick as Ship Sails into Seattle

UPDATE 11:46: So it turns out that when I go to find a quote from Princess, their news site is down!
96 passengers became ill with the norovirus on Princess Cruises, Sapphire Princess. She was on the return leg of a 7-Night Inland Passage cruise in Alaska. Port officials decided to dock the ship at Pier [...]

Norovirus on Indy

UPDATE SATURDAY: According to two comments below, the ship was not evacuated in Cadiz. Here is where I got the false information:
Round Town News
Thanks to Rosie and fudge for keeping us informed

UPDATE: This gets weird, according to British news, the ship was evacuated. This doesn’t mean a) lifeboats were used as she was docked in [...]

Marco Polo’s Line Goes Bankrupt

You may remember the saga of the Marco Polo and norovirus. Well today, the Bremen, Germany based line, according to this Google translation, will go through a “restructuring.” This is also known in the U.S. as Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The Marco Polo’s Latest

As the vessel remains docked in Invergordon, Scotland, an autopsy of the one dead, revealed that he passed away from heart and lung problems that possibly lead to a heart attack. Three people are also at a hospital in Scotland suffering from the virus.  The BBC reports that the vessels crew did a very poor [...]

One Dead after Norovirus Strikes Ship

Both the Telegraph and the BBC are reporting the death of a cruiser from the norovirus. The elderly man boarded Transocean Cruises Marco Polo for a cruise around the British Isles and Ireland. The man is thought to have had additional medical problems, as norovirus is not a serious medical condition.
The vessel is called at [...]

  
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