CDC Reveals Outbreak on Cruise Ship From ‘Unknown’ Illness

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that more than two dozen people on board a cruise ship fell ill due to a gastrointestinal outbreak.

At least 29 passengers and crew on the Silversea Cruises’ Silver Nova were sickened with an “unknown” sickness, representing about 5 percent of the passengers, the CDC said in an update earlier this week. About 1,100 passengers and crew members were on board the vessel.

The predominant symptom was diarrhea, the agency reported. Other details were not provided about what may have caused it.

The CDC has previously noted that norovirus can spread quickly on cruise lines, and multiple norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships have been reported over the years to the agency.

Silversea Cruises, which is described as a luxury line, quarantined the impacted passengers and one crew member, according to the CDC. It also “increased cleaning and disinfection procedures,” the agency said.

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