1,700 passengers held on cruise ship over potential acute stomach bug sickness
CNN • • world
Key Points:
- Up to 1,700 passengers remain on board the cruise ship Ambition in southwest France after around 50 individuals showed symptoms of possible gastroenteritis.
- The ship, which departed from Belfast and Liverpool on May 8 and 9, had its planned disembarkation in Bordeaux suspended pending medical tests and sample analysis by Bordeaux University Hospital.
- A 92-year-old passenger died on May 10, though the death is not currently linked to the gastrointestinal illness, with the cause pending a coroner’s report.
- Ambassador Cruise Line has implemented enhanced sanitation and prevention protocols and is providing support to affected passengers, emphasizing the seriousness with which they are treating the outbreak.
- Regional health authorities confirmed there is no connection between this outbreak and a separate hantavirus case on another cruise ship, Hondius.