Over 200 cruise ship passengers infected with norwalk virus in HAWAII - (FOX News)
November 13, 2007 – 7:48 pmHONOLULU State health officials have, according to this story, identified the highly contagious Norwalk virus in an outbreak that affected about 220 passengers aboard the Norwegian Cruise Lines ship Pride of Hawaii.
Janice Okubo, spokeswoman for the Hawaii Department of Health, was cited as saying that lab tests confirmed the presence of the virus, which causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
The virus infected about 9 percent of the ship’s 2,500 passengers, according to NCL. The ship returned to Honolulu on Monday morning after its weekly seven-day cruise around the islands.
The story says that the Health Department has notified NCL of the test results. But a statement from the company sent Monday makes no mention of the Norwalk virus, stating, “Pride of Hawaii has been carrying out an extensive range of preventive measures on board and does not expect this issue to carry forward into the next cruise.”
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