Cruise ship returns with sick passengers
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New Orleans (AP) - Outbreaks of stomach ailments are common and not unique to cruise lines, say officials of Carnival Cruise Lines, whose ship Conquest is the latest to return to port with sick passengers.
The Conquest arrived Sunday after a west Caribbean cruise on which about 260 passengers and crew members got sick. It had carried 3,160 passengers.
It was disinfected and set sail again Sunday evening with only four cancellations and 38 people who just didn't show up, according to Carnival officials.
Steve Williams, director of medical operations for Carnival, said the Conquest's stomach ailments were probably caused by a Norwalk-like virus, or NLV, the same group of viruses blamed for illnesses on a number of other cruise ships.
