More than 200 Caribbean cruise ship passengers take ill
Royal Caribbean International said 243 of 3,252 passengers on board the Explorer of the Seas had caught a norovirus, a common cause of infectious gastroenteritis prevalent in hospitals, nursing homes, cruise ships and other semi-enclosed environments. All those affected were treated.
(Related story: Congressman Shays wants more data on cruise ship crime. The House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations holds second hearings on March 7, 2006)
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