9 Worst Cruise Virus Outbreaks in the Past 10 Years


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These voyages stand out for the particularly high percentages of ill passengers onboard, but the cases give no further insights into how to stop outbreaks from happening in the future.

[gallery ids="122600,122599,122598,122597,122601"] There have been multiple norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships over the last month, but how big of a concern is this for potential cruisers? In the past ten years, only nine cruise virus outbreaks have caused more than 20 percent of passengers to become ill. This according to data reported the CDC. The worst case was in 2008 onboard the American Canadian Cruise Grand Caribe when almost half, or 43 percent, of passengers bec

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