Cruise ship due in NJ port after illness outbreak

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/01/28/3017370/cruise-ship-due-in-nj-port-after.html



The Royal Caribbean International's Explorer of the Seas is docked at Charlotte Amalie Harbor in St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. U.S. health officials have boarded the cruise liner to investigate an illness outbreak that has stricken at least 300 people with gastrointestinal symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea.

Cruise ship due in NJ port after illness outbreak
The Associated Press
January 28, 2014 Updated 5 minutes ago

BAYONNE, N.J. — A cruise ship on which hundreds of passengers and crew members fell ill is due back in the New Jersey port it departed from last week.

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The ship had to cut short a 10-day cruise after more than 600 passengers and crew members experienced vomiting and diarrhea.

The cruise line says most guests who fell ill are now up and about as the ship heads to port.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention boarded the ship during its U.S. Virgin Islands port call but hasn't confirmed the cause of the outbreak. According to the CDC, 577 out of 3,050 passengers reported being ill. Forty-nine crew members also got sick.