{"id":215844,"date":"2026-07-03T15:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/more-than-100-passengers-on-us-cruise-ship-sick-from-suspected-norovirus-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T15:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:52:47","slug":"more-than-100-passengers-on-us-cruise-ship-sick-from-suspected-norovirus-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/more-than-100-passengers-on-us-cruise-ship-sick-from-suspected-norovirus-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 100 passengers on US cruise ship sick from suspected norovirus &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Princess Cruises vessel is docked in San Francisco for disinfecting in third outbreak for company this year<br \/>More than 100 passengers and about 23 crew members on a Princess <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/travel\/cruises\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Cruises<\/a> ship fell sick from suspected norovirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), marking the third outbreak to hit one of the company\u2019s watercraft this year.<br \/>The Ruby Princess vessel set sail on 12 June from San Francisco, bound for Alaska and Canada, with a scheduled return on 2 July. More than two weeks into the journey, CDC officials received a report of an outbreak, which is defined by a threshold of 3% or more of passengers. Aboard the ship were 3,032 passengers and 1,144 crew members, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vessel-sanitation\/cruise-ship-outbreaks\/ruby-princess-june-2026.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">according to the CDC<\/a>.<br \/>The ship <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/norovirus-outbreak-ruby-princess-cruise-ship-affects-120-passengers-crew-docked-sfs-pier-27-cleaning\/19436826\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">was docked<\/a> in San Francisco on Thursday for disinfecting.<br \/>Norovirus is highly contagious and can induce diarrhea and vomiting. It can spread when tiny particles of fecal matter or vomit get into the mouth. Hand-to-mouth contact with contaminated objects can also facilitate the illness\u2019s spread.<br \/>A spokesperson for Princess Cruises did not immediately respond to a request for comment on what may have led to the outbreak.<br \/>Health officials recommend regular handwashing with soap and water, particularly after using the toilet or before eating, to curb germ sharing.<br \/>Cruise ships, where guests reside in close proximity, can be an incubator of illnesses. This year has seen six other norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships.<br \/>On the Ruby Princess, the ill passengers and crew have been isolated as the vessel is disinfected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxNS3VtMGs0T3lBWTNCQUZyWWVXVG9uV3plMFk0RFUtYk9kSDdKclAzWEtpN1BJRDZKcWpmSmt5VGVMQWRLY1dPN091V0pNZ0NTSnBTVkdJM1RlaUFtZE9iUWxHWkdWdkRPR3F4RFZLNEphTTRONkNrbFYwUkk4UXZ5R0U1X0c?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Princess Cruises vessel is docked in San Francisco for disinfecting in third outbreak for company this yearMore than 100 passengers and about 23 crew members on a Princess Cruises ship fell sick from suspected norovirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), marking the third outbreak to hit one of the company\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-215844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}