- A mysterious gastrointestinal illness that left more than 150 people sick on a Hawaii-bound cruise ship.
- The department will continue to closely monitor the outbreak aboard the vessel which is set to dock in Honolulu.
- The cause of the illness has not been confirmed but officials said the symptoms and spread appear to be similar to norovirus.
On Friday, the Hawaii Department of Health reports they are continuing to monitor a reported outbreak of gastrointestinal illness aboard a Queen Victoria cruise ship which is scheduled to dock in Honolulu on Feb. 12, reports Spectrum News.
DOH monitoring illness aboard cruise ship
DOH says that “based on available information, the outbreak appears to have been contained” and they don’t consider the docking of the cruise ship to be a threat to people in Hawaii. However, they will continue to monitor the situation and coordinate with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A DOH news release on Thursday stated that it was on the Florida to San Francisco leg from Jan. 22 to Feb. 6 that the illnesses came to light. As of that same day, the CDC had counted 129 passengers and 25 crew members were sick, but by the time the ship had arrived in San Francisco, “cases had decreased substantially.”
Measures such as disinfecting surfaces have been implemented and ill passengers and crew are being isolated.
According to the release, the CDC Vessel Sanitation Program also monitored the ship “into the next voyage to ensure there was no carryover of illness.” VSP is also monitoring for any new reports of illness.
The DOH said the cause of the illness has not been confirmed, but the symptoms and spread appear to be similar to norovirus.
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Source: Spectrum News
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