Investigation Update on the Coral Princess

Cruise Line: Princess Cruises

Cruise Ship: Coral Princess

Voyage Dates: 5/18-5/25

Number of passengers who have reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of passengers: 121 of 2001 (6.05%)

Number of ill crew who have reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of crew: 7 of 914 (0.77%)

Predominant symptoms: diarrhea and vomiting

Actions: In response to the outbreak, Princess Cruises and the crew aboard the ship took the following actions:

• increased cleaning and disinfection procedures,
• Made announcements to both notify passengers and encourage case reporting
• delayed embarkation, and provided notification to oncoming passengers
• No stool specimens were collected for analysis.