Almost 70 Celebrity Cruises Passengers Sickened In Norovirus Outbreak, CDC Officials Say

USA Today (6/6, Diller) reports, “Nearly 70 Celebrity Cruises passengers got sick in a norovirus outbreak during a recent cruise.” The CDC “said 68 of Celebrity Summit’s 2,264 guests reported being ill during a cruise that ended on Friday, along with five crew members. Their main symptoms were diarrhea and vomiting.” This “follows another norovirus outbreak on Celebrity Constellation in January that left nearly 100 guests sick.” The agency “has logged seven outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness on cruises that met its threshold for public notification so far this year. Norovirus was listed as the causative agent in all but one.”