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A norovirus outbreak on board a Celebrity Cruise ship left nearly 200 passengers and crew with severe gastrointestinal illness.
The Celebrity Summit departed Bayonne, New Jersey on March 15 with 2,144 passengers and 963 crew members.
But as they traveled to Bermuda - with intermediate stops in South Carolina, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts - nearly 10 percent on board became ill.
The norovirus struck down 152 passengers and 25 crew members, according to the CDC.
They were left grappling with diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and headaches and they traversed the high seas.
Celebrity Cruises was forced to increase cleaning operations, send stool samples to the CDC laboratory, and encourage strong handwashing skills among guests.
The Celebrity Summit departed from Bayonne, New Jersey on March 15 with 2,144 passengers and 963 crew members, but as they traveled to Bermuda - with intermediate stops in South Carolina, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts - nearly 10 percent on board became ill.
Affected passengers and crew members were left grappling with diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and headaches and they traversed the high seas. This is the third norovirus outbreak on a Celebrity Cruise this year
'The health and safety of our guests, crew and communities we visit are our top priority,' spokesperson Dani De la Osa told DailyMail.com in a statement.
'To maintain the highest levels of health onboard our ships, we implement rigorous safety and cleaning procedures, many far exceeding public health guidelines. Combined, these efforts allow us to maintain some of the lowest levels of community spread.'
This is the third norovirus outbreak on a Celebrity Cruise this year, with the Celebrity Constellation suffering an outbreak between March 6 and 17 and the Celebrity Equinox suffering one from March 9 to 18.
Roughly five percent of all
