A norovirus outbreak made passengers and crew on board the Princess Cruises ship ‘Sun Princess’ evacuate the ship, as hundreds got sick. The cruise ship had departed on November 1st from Australia, heading to Singapore, carrying 2,000 passengers.
According to reports, around 229 passengers showed signs of the virus, which can include nausea, stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea, thus causing the ship to be evacuated in Singapore.
After that a cleaning operation took place, with some passengers eventually choosing to fly back to Australia, and not continue with the trip.
Commenting on the incident, a spokesperson for Carnival Australia said the majority of the 2,000 guests on Sun Princess were unaffected, but the company enhanced on board sanitation measures, after the reports of the norovirus.
Two years ago, another Sun Princess cruise was hit with a norovirus outbreak, with at least 91 passengers feeling sick, during a 10-day cruise to the South Pacific.
In addition, during January, Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas had to return to Florida, as 277 passengers and crew got sick from the same virus.