{"id":334199,"date":"2026-05-13T22:47:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=334199"},"modified":"2026-05-13T22:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:17:43","slug":"1700-confined-on-cruise-ship-amid-suspected-norovirus-outbreak-in-france-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/1700-confined-on-cruise-ship-amid-suspected-norovirus-outbreak-in-france-national\/","title":{"rendered":"1,700 confined on cruise ship amid suspected norovirus outbreak in France &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>French authorities on Wednesday confined 1,700 passengers and crew to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a passenger died and about 50 fell sick with suspected gastrointestinal illness (GII), otherwise referred to as norovirus, the Ambassador Cruise Line confirmed to Global News.<\/p>\n<p>The ship, which has 1,187 guests on board, the vast majority of whom are British and Irish nationals, and 514 crew, arrived within the French town on Tuesday, where French health officials boarded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_6a04b23671c84-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 4 videos.\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__featured\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_6a04b23671c84\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11846522\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" 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720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:53<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">\u2018No sign\u2019 of larger hantavirus outbreak: WHO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__glide glide \">\n<div class=\"glide__arrows c-carousel__buttons l-videoCarousel__buttons\" data-glide-el=\"controls\">\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--left c-carousel__button c-carousel__prev l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__prev c-longform-gallery__prev\" data-glide-dir=\"<\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--right c-carousel__button c-carousel__next 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Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The uptick in cases seems to have occurred on May 9, following embarkation in Liverpool on England\u2019s northwest coast, the corporate said. The ship had departed from Belfast a day prior on a planned 14-day tour.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get weekly health news<\/h2>\n<p>Receive the most recent medical news and health information delivered to you each Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Upon arrival in Bordeaux, French authorities conducted a \u201croutine\u201d review of the ship\u2019s health status and records and picked up samples for lab testing at Bordeaux University Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the investigation and testing are ongoing, all guests and crew have been instructed to stay onboard under the direction of the local shore authorities. Once clearance is granted, guests shall be permitted to disembark,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_10946136_6a04b23676292\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"10946136\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/10946136\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_10946136_6a04b23676292\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data='{\"content\":{\"name\":\"How to manage symptoms of the highly infectious Norovirus\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"saskatoon\",\"health\"],\"keywords\":[\"global-news\",\"global-news-morning\",\"global-news-saskatoon\",\"healthy-living\",\"saskatchewan\",\"saskatoon-news\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"Sensitive Subjects\"],\"tags\":[\"Abdominal pain\",\"Africa\",\"Ambassador Cruise Line\",\"Belfast\",\"Belize\",\"Bordeaux\",\"Canada\",\"Cape Verde\",\"Caribbean\",\"Caribbean Princess\",\"Carnival Encounter\",\"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\",\"Coast\",\"Coroner\",\"Cruise line\",\"Cruise ship\",\"Cunard Line\",\"Diarrhea\",\"Disease\",\"England\",\"Florida\",\"Fomite\",\"Food\",\"Foodborne illness\",\"Fort Lauderdale, Florida\",\"France\",\"Gastritis\",\"Gastrointestinal disease\",\"Gastrointestinal tract\",\"Global News\",\"Health\",\"Honduras\",\"Hospital\",\"Inflammation\",\"Lisbon\",\"Liverpool\",\"Mexican Riviera\",\"Nausea\",\"Norovirus\",\"Northern Ireland\",\"Ocean liner\",\"Orthohantavirus\",\"Pain\",\"Passenger\",\"Portugal\",\"Princess Cruises\",\"Queen Mary 2\",\"Rodent\",\"Sanitation\",\"SARS-CoV-2\",\"Ship\",\"Stomach\",\"Tagus\",\"The Guardian\",\"United Kingdom\",\"United States\",\"Virus\",\"Vomiting\",\"West Africa\"]}}}'>\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'How to manage symptoms of the highly infectious Norovirus'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/dgt4m3hzpt-9cw66j5pyy\/MN_Healthy_Living_Jan_7_PIC.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">4:34<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Easy methods to manage symptoms of the highly infectious Norovirus<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe would really like to reassure guests that we take any illnesses aboard our fleet extremely seriously. Enhanced sanitation and prevention protocols were immediately implemented across the ship consistent with established public health procedures following the initial reports of illness,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All shore excursions were cancelled and refunded, and medical consultations referring to GII are being provided freed from charge, the cruise liner said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Trending<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The outbreak comes amid an unrelated wave of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/disease-outbreak-news\/item\/2026-DON599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hantavirus<\/a> cases believed to have originated on a cruise ship moored in Cape Verde, a small island off the coast of West Africa, and reports of norovirus aboard a Caribbean cruise.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, greater than 100 passengers and crew members fell sick during a norovirus outbreak aboard the Caribbean Princess cruise ship, in accordance with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vessel-sanitation\/cruise-ship-outbreaks\/caribbean-princess-may-2026.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> (CDC).<\/p>\n<p>The CDC said that 102 passengers and 13 crew members reported becoming sick in the course of the voyage, which took place from April 28 to May 11.<\/p>\n<p>Norovirus is very contagious and thrives in places where people gather in close quarters, making cruise ships prone to outbreaks, the U.S. health organization says.<\/p>\n<p>In line with the CDC, norovirus will be contracted from an infected person, contaminated food or water, or by touching contaminated surfaces. The virus causes inflammation of the stomach or intestines, resulting in stomach pain, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak on the Caribbean Princess comes greater than a month after one other norovirus outbreak was reported on the cruise line\u2019s Star Princess ship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In March, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vessel-sanitation\/cruise-ship-outbreaks\/star-princess-march-2026.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CDC reported that 141 passengers and 52 crew members<\/a> became sick with norovirus aboard the Star Princess cruise ship. The ship left Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and made stops within the Caribbean, Honduras, Belize and the Mexican Riviera.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2025,\u00a0240 people had fallen sick on the Cunard Line\u2019s Queen Mary 2, following a norovirus outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<em>\u2013 With files from Global News\u2019 Katie Scott<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French authorities on Wednesday confined 1,700 passengers and crew to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a passenger died and about 50 fell sick with suspected gastrointestinal illness (GII), otherwise referred to as norovirus, the Ambassador Cruise Line confirmed to Global News. 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