The hits apparently really do just keep on coming. And in this case, the hits I'm referring to

come in the form of virus outbreaks aboard cruise ships. Just as the Hanta virus situation got

resolved aboard the Hondias, another cruise liner was hit with a massive viral outbreak as well.

Although the silver lining here in this story is that the

virus in question isn't as bad as the Hanta virus, which had a mortality rate somewhere between

30 to 50%. The new ship, according to the CDC, had an outbreak of the norovirus, with more than

110 people falling ill already. Up on your screen right now is a new report that was

released by the CDC detailing the outbreak aboard a cruise ship called the Caribbean Princess,

owned by Princess Cruises. It was traveling along the North Atlantic Ocean after leaving

Fort Lauderdale, Florida in late April. And the ship is huge. It was carrying

over 3,100 passengers as well as 1,100 crew members. And within about a week of leaving Florida,

people unfortunately began to get sick one after another. Here's what the CDC said happened.

Quote, more than 110 people aboard the Caribbean Princess cruise ship have fallen ill due to a

norovirus outbreak. The norovirus outbreak was reported on the ship on May 7th,

affecting 102 passengers and 13 crew members with diarrhea and vomiting identified as the predominant symptoms.

Since then, since the initial reporting, according to the CDC's breakdown, as of right now,

you have 145 passengers alongside 15 crew members who have begun to experience the symptoms of diarrhea,

abdominal cramps, vomiting,

and headaches, all of which are symptoms of the norovirus.

Now, once the passengers aboard this Caribbean princess began to get sick one after another,

the cruise liner took a number of steps to try and mitigate the damage, including disinfecting

the common areas, as well as, funny enough,

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