Princess Cruise Ship Hit With Norovirus Outbreak

The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) has reported {that a} Princess cruise ship was hit with a norovirus outbreak whereas on its present crusing.

The CDC is reporting that the norovirus outbreak passed off on this week’s crusing on Star Princess. The ship is at the moment on a seven-night cruise to the Caribbean that left from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on March 7, 2026.

To date, 104 passengers and 49 crew members have reported being sick through the present cruise. They’re 4,307 passengers and 1,561 crew members on the ship. That is the primary norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship this 12 months and Princess Cruises reported it to the CDC on March 11, 2026.

The causative agent of the sickness is norovirus with the predominant signs being diarrhea and vomiting.

In response to the outbreak, Princess Cruises took a number of actions that included elevated cleansing and disinfection procedures.

The cruise line additionally collected stool specimens from the gastrointestinal sickness circumstances for testing. In addition they consulted with the VSP relating to cleansing procedures and reporting sick circumstances.

Friends and crew members who reported sick had been remoted to assist forestall the unfold on board the ship.

VSP is doing a subject response to conduct an environmental evaluation and outbreak investigation to help the ship in controlling the outbreak.

That is simply the second sickness outbreak on a cruise ship this 12 months. The opposite was an E. coli outbreak Seven Seas Mariner in January. You’ll be able to see a whole checklist of outbreaks on cruise ships all through the previous 30 years on the CDC’s website.

Cruise strains are required to report back to the CDC anytime 2% of passengers or crew members report sick. If the quantity cross 3%, it formally is taken into account an outbreak.

Star Princess is scheduled to reach again in Port Everglades on Saturday, March 14 after visiting Roatan, Belize, and Cozumel this previous week.