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Norwegian Cruise ship halted at Mauritius due to outbreak
A vessel operated by Norwegian Cruise Line has been halted at Mauritius — with passengers temporarily unable to disembark or board — after several people became ill.
A “small number” of guests on the Norwegian Dawn’s South Africa voyage had mild symptoms of a stomach-related illness, a spokesperson for the cruise line said in a statement. Upon the ship’s return to Port Louis, Mauritius, local authorities met with the ship’s management team to assess the situation.
Due to additional testing needed, “the government of Mauritius has delayed disembarkation for the current cruise and embarkation for the next cruise by two days to 27 February,” the cruise line said.
Roughly 100 people aboard the ship complained of diarrhoea and recovered, a spokesperson for Mauritius health ministry said earlier. Another 15 had more complicated symptoms and had to be quarantined. The vessel wasn’t allowed to dock at Port Louis, requiring local officials to travel to the ship via a small boat.
The Norwegian Dawn — carrying 2,184 passengers and 1,026 crew members — skipped a stop at the neighbouring Reunion Island in the southern Indian Ocean, according to a statement from the Mauritius Ports Authority. It reached Port Louis on Saturday evening local time.
About 2,000 passengers were meant to end their cruise at the port, with another 2,279 people prepared to board on Sunday.
Oh dear, I hope it’s not infectious but just mild food poisoning
They must come to Durban, there they swim in the E. Coli.
As a matter of interest, this ship had numerous stops at South African ports (including Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Durban) before it reached Port Louis.
Has this vessel already been in SA or is it the way here?
British newspaper report is as cholera…………..
Cruise ship ‘hit by CHOLERA outbreak’: Brits among thousands of passengers stuck in quarantine on Norwegian Dawn liner ‘floating aimlessly’ off coast of Africa after it was barred from docking in Mauritius ‘to avoid health risks’
UPDATE: 1 hr ago on BBC news:
Mauritius has given a Norwegian cruise ship the all clear to dock at the capital Port Louis after finding no evidence of cholera onboard. The director of Mauritius Ministry of Health confirmed the passengers had gastroenteritis, not cholera. Dr Bhooshun Ori said the passengers have now “fully recovered”.
The article above does not mention that this ship had numerous stops at South African ports (including Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Durban) before it reached Port Louis.
Can we connect
Sounds like the British Press have it in for South Africa! First by the Telegraph publication last week warning Brits not to travel to SA due to crime and safety concerns and now alluding to a Cholera epidemic aboard after visiting SA ports! Whatsup????
The travel alert is quite valid, we all know that.
What a sad comment…