Stomach Flu On Cruise Ships

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Stomach flu on cruise ships. Ad Enjoy the flash offer to book World Dream from SGD205 per person. After visiting the ships infirmary I was put under a 24-hour. The last time more than two cruise ships reported outbreaks in January was 2006.

All-aged friendly cruise with 40 facilities and various activities. With cruise ship outbreaks regularly appearing in the news awareness of Norovirus -- an extremely common and highly contagious virus that causes gastroenteritis -- has been significantly raised. CDC About 5 percent of the ships passengers became sick.

It seems the chances of contracting the stomach flu or acute gastroenteritis while on a cruise ship are actually pretty rare and getting rarer with time. Called norovirus it is a common scourge of cruise ships hospitals and nursing homes and causes severe diarrhea and vomiting. The CDC notes that while people often associate cruise ships with norovirus acute gastrointestinal illness is relatively infrequent on cruise ships.

No one is quarantined to their stateroom solely from this as a result. Published November 16 2014. Someone who has the stomach flu can be contagious for a few days up to 14 days or longer.

However the close living quarters on the ship. Book by 18 Oct. Cruise ships must keep track of instances when passengers or crew members report multiple symptoms of the stomach flu.

Norovirus is acute gastroenteritis which generates symptoms such as vomiting diarrhea and stomach pain. The sickness usually lasts no more than three days. Most cruise lines even put out barf bags around the ship on rough sea days.