CDC Confirms Outbreak on Cruise Ship Due to ‘Unknown’ Illness

Published on January 31, 2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that 135 people were sickened with an “unknown” illness while on board a cruise ship operated by Cunard Line. In an update issued on Jan. 31, the agency said that the predominant symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea, but it said the “causative agents” are “unknown.” Out of about 2,700 passengers and crew, 135 were sickened on Cunard Line’s Queen Victoria between Jan. 22 and Feb. 12. However, the cases that have been currently reported “do not represent the number of active (symptomatic) gastrointestinal cases at any given port of call or at disembarkation,” the agency said. In response, Cunard Cruise Line will increase “cleaning and disinfection procedures” on the ship and isolate the passengers and crew, according to the CDC....

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