Cruise passengers struck down with vomiting bug after outbreak on board shipHealth officials investigated a major cruise ship after nearly 80 people on board reported being ill with symptoms of norovirus -including vomiting and diarrhoeaView 3 Images Several passengers on a major cruise similar to this one were ill after an apparent outbreak (Image: Getty Images)A major cruise ship saw nearly 80 travellers and staff stuck down as officials boarded to investigate. ‌This suspected norovirus outbreak saw the major cruise line operator launched extra protocols on the ship for the nearly 2,800 passengers on board the vessel. This cruise ship had called at Yokohama, in Japan, Busan, in South Korea, and Shanghai, in China. ‌Passengers and members of the crew who were not ill were allowed to disembark the cruise ship. This comes just weeks after a highly contagious stomach bug has left "hundreds" of passengers ill on a Fred Olsen's The Balmoral cruise.

Source: Daily Mirror March 06, 2026 18:11 UTC