{"id":120184,"date":"2026-01-16T05:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120184\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T05:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:12:33","slug":"norovirus-sickens-more-than-90-aboard-a-cruise-out-of-fort-lauderdale-cdc-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120184\/","title":{"rendered":"Norovirus sickens more than 90 aboard a cruise out of Fort Lauderdale, CDC reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A norovirus outbreak has been confirmed aboard a Holland America Line cruise ship that sailed out of Fort Lauderdale last month, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vessel-sanitation\/cruise-ship-outbreaks\/rotterdam-december-2025.html\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak occurred on the MS Rotterdam during a voyage from Dec. 28 to Jan. 9. The cruise line notified the CDC on Jan. 8 after passengers and crew began reporting gastrointestinal illness.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusf.org\/health-news-florida\/2026-01-08\/winter-stomach-bug-not-flu-rsv-what-parents-should-know\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0What parents should know about the winter stomach bug<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the CDC, 85 of the ship\u2019s 2,593 passengers reported becoming ill during the voyage. Nine of 1,005 crew members also reported symptoms. <\/p>\n<p>The predominant symptoms included vomiting and diarrhea, and norovirus was identified as the cause.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusf.org\/health-news-florida\/2025-04-19\/a-bustling-summer-cruise-season-is-expected-but-norovirus-demands-attention\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A bustling summer cruise season is expected, but norovirus demands attention<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In response, Holland America Line increased cleaning and disinfection procedures, isolated sick passengers and crew, and collected stool samples for testing, according to the CDC. <\/p>\n<p>The cruise line also consulted with the CDC\u2019s Vessel Sanitation Program, which remotely monitored the ship\u2019s outbreak response and sanitation measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A norovirus outbreak has been confirmed aboard a Holland America Line cruise ship that sailed out of Fort&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-120184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}