It's yet to be seen if the cruise industry can find a way to reassure passengers, many of them senior citizens who are in a high-risk group for COVID-19, that cruising is safe and to formulate a comeback.
out of 74 million who set sail from 2008 to 2014, the CDC said. The virus, leading to nausea, stomachaches, vomiting and diarrhea, ruined many a vacation, but it's rarely fatal.Norovirus is spread by contact with an infected person, contaminated food or water or a contaminated surface, which can happen on land as well as sea.
Panosian Dunavan saw it firsthand aboard an otherwise well-maintained ship with ample hand sanitizer dispensers a couple of years ago. She said her husband contracted human metapneumovirus, a respiratory illness, toward the end of the cruise. The CDC's and industry's answer to health issues on cruise ships, both now and long before COVID-19 came along, is theIt was created by the CDC in the 1970s in response to gastrointestinal outbreaks on cruise ships. It sets a standard for health practices from stem to stern, whether it's food contamination, pool and spa water quality, ventilation or pest control.
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