Investigation Update on the Caribbean Princess

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Cruise Line: Princess Cruises

Cruise Ship: Caribbean Princess

Voyage Dates: 10/19-10/26

Number of ill passengers out of total number of passengers at the end of the voyage: 172 of 3081 (5.58%)

Number of ill crew out of total number of crew at the end of the voyage: 13 of 1161 (1.12%)

Predominant symptoms: diarrhea and vomiting

Actions: In response to the outbreak, Princess Cruises and the crew aboard the ship took the following actions:

increased cleaning and disinfection procedures,
sent daily updates to CDC and until the number of ill people returned to expected levels,
notified oncoming passengers of the illness,
delayed disembarkation in order to clean in disinfect the ship in greater detail, and
collected stool specimens for analysis.

Princess Cruises sent daily updates to VSP until the number of ill people returned to expected levels on voyage 11/02-11/09.