Norovirus Outbreak on the Sea Princess

JUNEAU, ALASKA, 6-14-2011 - On board the Alaska cruise ship Sea Princess, around 150 passengers became sick due to a norovirus outbreak. Princess Cruises reports that they became ill during the ship's May 30th-to-June 9th cruise. Due to the outbreak the cruse was forced to make a route change and the delay lasted four hours. They also reported that the last two trips had higher norovirus outbreaks.

Melvin Wylie