Overview
- The CDC, which logged the outbreak Thursday, counted 102 passengers and 13 crew with vomiting and diarrhea.
- The ship left Fort Lauderdale on April 28 with 3,116 passengers and 1,131 crew and is scheduled to reach Port Canaveral on May 11.
- Princess Cruises said it isolated sick people, increased cleaning on board, and collected stool samples for testing.
- The cruise line called the cases mild and said the vessel will undergo a full top-to-bottom disinfection when it docks in Florida.
- This is the fourth cruise gastrointestinal outbreak reported in 2026, and CDC data show norovirus causes most such cruise outbreaks while making up only a small share of all norovirus cases on land.