Investigation Update on the Millennium

Cruise Line: Celebrity Cruises

Cruise Ship: Millennium

Voyage Dates: 02/22 – 03/05

Number of passengers who have reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of passengers: 157 of 2,020 (7.76%)

Number of crew who have reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of crew: 23 of 938 (2.44%)

Predominant symptoms: diarrhea and vomiting

Causative agent: Norovirus

Actions: In response to the outbreak, Celebrity Cruises and the crew aboard the ship have taken the following actions:

• Increased cleaning and disinfection procedures according to their outbreak prevention and response plan,
• Made announcements to both notify passengers and encourage case reporting
• Notified oncoming passengers thru communication with their travel agents
• Submitted to VSP their response and port turnaround disinfection plans
• Collected stool specimens for analysis at the CDC laboratories
• Making twice daily reports of gastrointestinal illness cases to the VSP

Three CDC public health staff will meet the ship on 3 March in Curacao and sail back to San Juan to evaluate the outbreak and response activities .