CDC reports illness outbreak on the Sapphire South Pacific cruise

[Host Mike]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 94 of the 2,532 guests on Sapphire Princess reported being ill during its April 5 cruise, along with 20 crew members. The round-trip cruise, which left from Los Angeles with stops in Hawaii and the South Pacific, will end on May 7, according to CruiseMapper."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2024/04/26/princess-cruises-royal-caribbean-norovirus/73470913007/

[Host Mike]

"A reported 94 passengers and 20 crew members have come down with the gastrointestinal illness. That comes out to 3.7% of the 2,500+ passengers on the ship and approximately 1.8% of the 1,066 crew members. Note that these figures are the total number of people impacted during the course of the outbreak, not the number of current cases.

The symptoms reported by the CDC include diarrhea and vomiting."

https://www.cruzely.com/nearly-100-passengers-fall-ill-with-stomach-virus-on-princess-cruise/

[RichC]

That's one ship I've never sailed on.
I don't think it's ever been to Port Everglades.

[Host Mike]

https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/surv/outbreak/2024/Sapphire-Princess-4-25.html

[Host Mike]

"Today, the CDC is reporting that the number of sick passengers on the Sapphire Princess increased from 94 to 115 of 2,532 (4.54%) and the number of ill crew members increased from 20 to 28 of 1,066 (2.62%)."

https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2024/05/articles/norovirus/more-passengers-and-crew-members-sickened-by-gastrointestinal-outbreak-on-the-sapphire-princess-cruise-ship/