Norovirus outbreak hits luxury European cruise- outbreak on a 2nd cruise ship

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Norovirus outbreak hits luxury European cruise
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By Alice Philipson
11:43AM GMT 12 Dec 2012

At least 150 of the nearly 2000 people on board P&O?s Oriana have reportedly been struck by the norovirus.

One angry passenger described the trip, which takes in the Christmas markets of Zeebrugge, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Oslo and Hamburg, as "a cruise to hell".

There were reports from people on board that the liner smelt of vomit.

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Christmas cruise turns into 'plague ship' after norovirus outbreak

Passengers say 400 travellers have had winter vomiting bug but cruiseliner claims just six had 'mild gastrointestinal illness'

Haroon Siddique and agencies
guardian.co.uk, <TIME itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2012-12-13T06:20EST" pubdate="">Thursday 13 December 2012 06.20 EST

A dream Christmas cruise has turned into the holiday from hell, according to passengers who claim as many as 400 travellers have been struck down with the norovirus winter vomiting bug.

One traveller aboard the P&O liner Oriana, which is on a 10-night Baltic cruise out of Southampton visiting Christmas markets, said people felt like they were sailing on a "plague ship".
P&O's parent company Carnival said there had been "an incidence of a mild gastrointestinal illness" among the passengers.

The spokeswoman added that, as of Thursday, out of 1,843 passengers "the number of passengers with active symptoms is six".

One passenger, Paul Gilman, 62, told the Daily Mail: "It has been outrageous from start to finish. People were falling like flies, yet the crew were trying to insist everything was fine.

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Norovirus Cruise: Second Ship Is Hit By Bug
Saturday 15 December 2012

A second cruise ship has been struck by a winter vomiting bug after passengers of a luxury liner described their festive trip of a lifetime as "a living nightmare".

P&O has issued a statement saying there are 10 current cases of the highly-contagious norovirus on the Azura, which has been on an 11-night tour of Iberia...