More than 1,000 passengers held on cruise after gastrointestinal illness outbreak

The ship, which set sail from Belfast on Friday, is at port in Bordeaux after 49 people fell ill from gastrointestinal illness.

France isolates over 1,700 people on cruise ship after suspected norovirus death

About 50 other people have shown symptoms of the virus, a form of gastroenteritis, on the Ambassador Cruise Line ship, currently docked in the southern French city of Bordeaux.

Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US after hantavirus outbreak

Boston photographer describes isolation unit as a ‘very nice room’ after three deaths onboard South Atlantic voyage When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be his home for 35 days as he traveled across the South Atlantic. Now, he is one of 18 Americans under observation at specialized healthcare facilities designed to treat people with dangerous infectious diseases after three people died and others were sickened by a hantavirus outbr...

By Associated Press

France locks down 1,700 on cruise ship after 90-year-old dies

French authorities on Wednesday confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after an elderly passenger died, said officials, who played down any links to the hantavirus scare. Dozens also suffered from upset stomachs aboard the Ambition – most of whose 1,233 passengers are from Britain or Ireland – which arrived in the western port of Bordeaux on Tuesday, with 514 Indian crew members also on board. But health officials said there was no connection...

By Agence France-Presse

France: Cruise ship locked down over likely stomach flu outbreak

The #cruise ship Ambition arrived in #Bordeaux... and its passengers were stopped from disembarking, due to suspicions of a stomach flu outbreak aboard. One passenger has died, and about 50 others have shown symptoms. Authorities say it has no connection to the #hantavirus outbreak.

By FRANCE24

Cruise ship with 1,700 passengers onboard isolated after suspected norovirus death

Over 1,700 people are confined to a cruise ship in Bordeaux after a 90-year-old passenger died from a suspected norovirus infection. Approximately 50 others onboard are exhibiting symptoms of the highly contagious stomach bug. Health officials are implementing strict measures to prevent further spread of the virus.

By TOI WORLD DESK

France Confines 1,700 On Cruise Ship After Suspected Norovirus Death

French authorities on Wednesday confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew on a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a passenger died from a suspected norovirus, officials said.

1,700 kept on cruise ship after suspected norovirus death

French authorities have confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew on a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a passenger died from a suspected novovirus, officials said.

More than 1,700 held on Bordeaux cruise ship after suspected norovirus death

Irish among 1,700 passengers confined on cruise ship after suspected norovirus death

A majority of the 1,233 passengers on the Ambition cruise ship are from Britain or Ireland.

Kiwi onboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship doesn't usually live in New Zealand

One New Zealand citizen left the ship before the outbreak was revealed, while another disembarked on Monday and is now being quarantined in Australia.

France confines 1,700 on cruise ship after alleged norovirus death

French authorities on Wednesday confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew on a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a passenger died from a suspected norovirus, officials said....