Virus Outbreak on Cruise Ship

[kpc]

Suspected virus outbreak on cruise ship kills three people

At least three others are ill after an outbreak of a virus causing “severe acute respiratory illness” onboard an Atlantic cruise ship.

www.smh.com.au

The Hondius was one of the ships I was considering for my recent trip to Antarctica but chose another in the end. On my ship, there was a gastro and resp viral outbreak so I wore a mask most of the time, and avoided crowded areas if possible eg the lounge where everyone congregated for afternoon and after dinner drinks and where we had our daily briefings. Miraculously we avoided any illness but even the crew got sick!

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[Pushka]

Suspected virus outbreak on cruise ship kills three people

At least three others are ill after an outbreak of a virus causing “severe acute respiratory illness” onboard an Atlantic cruise ship.

www.smh.com.au

The Hondius was one of the ships I was considering for my recent trip to Antarctica but chose another in the end. On my ship, there was a gastro and resp viral outbreak so I wore a mask most of the time, and avoided crowded areas if possible eg the lounge where everyone congregated for afternoon and after dinner drinks and where we had our daily briefings. Miraculously we avoided any illness but even the crew got sick!

We were on a ship (Celebrity) where we were told had a Noro outbreak and the restirictioms made the cruise rather difficult. Ever been in the buffet where no self serve was allowed and queues would form behind people who only wanted a specific piece or pieces of fruit etc or worse, couldn't choose which piece they wanted. No salt and pepper shakers. Nor menus. Turned out our cruise folk didn't actually have it, they were protecting crew in prep for the next cruise which was a highly exclusive chartered cruise.

This outbreak sounds dreadful but it also doesn't seem like it's contagious from human to human. So a lot of rats?