- Over 100 passengers and a dozen crew members on the Caribbean Princess cruise ship have fallen ill with norovirus during a 13-day Eastern Caribbean voyage.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 102 passengers and 13 of 1,131 crew members experienced symptoms including vomiting and diarrhoea.
- The highly contagious stomach virus spread rapidly in the close-contact environment of the ship, which departed Port Everglades and is scheduled to arrive in Port Canaveral, Florida, on Monday.
- Princess Cruises has intensified cleaning efforts across the vessel and isolated sick individuals to curb further transmission, with a comprehensive disinfection planned upon arrival.
- Separately, 17 American passengers from a cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak are being quarantined in Nebraska after returning from Tenerife, Spain, for daily monitoring.
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