PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. (WFLA) — A cruise ship carrying 169 passengers and crew members sick with norovirus docked in Florida on Friday.
The Holland America Rotterdam docked in Port Everglades after a nearly two-week journey through the Caribbean and central America.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began monitoring a norovirus outbreak on the ship on Feb. 7. The CDC report states 152 out of 2,614 passengers, or 5.8%, were sick. The illness affected 17 of 969 crew members, or 1.8%. Those affected by the illness reported experiencing vomiting and diarrhea, which was determined to be caused by norovirus.
The Rotterdam outbreak is the fourth norovirus outbreak reported to the CDC this year.
This comes days after a ship returned to Tampa with 168 sickened passengers and crew members. Those aboard Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas also reported experiencing diarrhea and vomiting, but the source of the illness is unknown, according to the CDC.
