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Cruise ship struck by outbreak arrives
Wed Nov 28 12:00:00 2012
AAP
Health authorities in Auckland aren't too worried about the arrival of a mega-cruise liner that was hit last week by a suspected norovirus outbreak.
The Royal Caribbean International cruise ship Voyager of the Seas docked in Auckland on Wednesday morning, arriving from Sydney on its second voyage to New Zealand.
More than 100 passengers aboard the ship fell ill with suspected norovirus on the final leg of its first 18-day cruise of Australia and New Zealand last week.
However, Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) medical officer of health Dr Simon Baker says there are now only four cases of gastroenteritis - probably due to norovirus - on board the ship, which is carrying about 4000 passengers...
Cruise ship struck by outbreak arrives
Wed Nov 28 12:00:00 2012
AAP
Health authorities in Auckland aren't too worried about the arrival of a mega-cruise liner that was hit last week by a suspected norovirus outbreak.
The Royal Caribbean International cruise ship Voyager of the Seas docked in Auckland on Wednesday morning, arriving from Sydney on its second voyage to New Zealand.
More than 100 passengers aboard the ship fell ill with suspected norovirus on the final leg of its first 18-day cruise of Australia and New Zealand last week.
However, Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) medical officer of health Dr Simon Baker says there are now only four cases of gastroenteritis - probably due to norovirus - on board the ship, which is carrying about 4000 passengers...