French authorities confine more than 1,700 passengers and crew to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a passenger dies from a suspected norovirus infection. The Ambassador Cruise Line vessel, known in some reports as the Ambition, arrives in Bordeaux on Tuesday carrying 1,233 passengers, most of them from Britain or Ireland, along with crew members on board. Officials say a 90-year-old passenger has died. They also report that about 50 people aboard have symptoms consistent with norovirus, a highly contagious form of gastroenteritis. The ship remains under strict measures to reduce the risk of further spread while health services investigate the incident. Reports characterise the situation as a confinement rather than an immediate evacuation, with passengers and crew required to stay on the ship. Some outlets also note that authorities do not link the case to unrelated illness scares. No confirmed details beyond the suspected norovirus infection and the number showing symptoms are reported across the sources.
France confines 1,700 aboard Bordeaux cruise ship after suspected norovirus death
French authorities confine more than 1,700 passengers and crew to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a passenger dies from a suspected norovirus infection. The Ambassador Cruise Line vessel, known...
- French authorities confine more than 1,700 passengers and crew to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux.
- A 90-year-old passenger dies; the death is described as suspected norovirus.
- About 50 people onboard are reported to have gastrointestinal symptoms.
- The ship carries 1,233 passengers, mostly from Britain or Ireland, and additional crew members.
- The vessel arrives in Bordeaux on Tuesday, and officials impose measures to prevent further transmission while investigations continue.
The rise in cases seems to have occurred on May 9 following embarkation in Liverpool on England's northwest coast, the company told Global News.
3 months agoBORDEAUX, France (AFP) — French authorities on Wednesday confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after an elderly passenger died, said officials, who played down any links to the hantavirus scare. Dozens also suffered from upset stomachs aboard the Ambition -- most of whose 1,233 passengers are from Britain or Ireland -- which arrived in the western port of Bordeaux on Tuesday, with 514 Indian crew members also on board. But health officials said there was no connection with the hantavirus outbreak, suspected of killing three passengers on the Dutch MV Hondius cruise ship that set sail from Argentina. One 90-year-old passenger on the Ambition, run by the Ambassador Cruise Line company, had died, and about 50 people have shown symptoms of stomach issues, the officials said. Initial tests ruled out an outbreak of norovirus, a highly contagious form of gastroenteritis which causes vomiting and diarrhoea, but secondary tests were still underway, they added. Food poisoning had not been excluded. Passengers on board the Ambition showed peak symptoms on Monday when the ship was docked in Brest, the officials said. The 90-year-old died before they arrived at the port in France's northwestern Brittany region. The ship, which left the Shetland Islands north of Scotland on May 6, stopped in Belfast in Northern Ireland and Liverpool in England before reaching Bordeaux, from where it was scheduled to depart for Spain. No security measures were in place around the ship as it was docked in Bordeaux on Wednesday, an AFP reporter said. Passengers were taking pictures of the French city from the deck.
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3 months agoBORDEAUX, France — French authorities on Wednesday confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after an elderly passenger died, said officials, who played down any links to the hantavirus scare. Dozens also suffered from upset stomachs aboard the Ambition — most of whose 1,233 passengers are from Britain or Ireland — which arrived in the western port of Bordeaux on Tuesday, with 514 Indian crew members also on board. But health officials said there was no connection with the hantavirus outbreak, suspected of killing three passengers on the Dutch MV Hondius cruise […]...Keep on reading: France locks down 1,700 on cruise ship after 90-year-old dies
3 months agoFrench authorities on Wednesday confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after an elderly passenger died, said officials, who played down any links to the hantavirus scare. Dozens also suffered from upset stomachs aboard the Ambition – most of whose 1,233 passengers are from Britain or Ireland – which arrived in the western port of Bordeaux on Tuesday, with 514 Indian crew members also on board. But health officials said there was no connection...
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