Investigation Update on the Oceania Marina

Cruise Line: Oceania Cruises

Cruise Ship: Oceania Marina

Voyage Dates: March 18–April 5, 2019

Number of passengers who have reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of passengers onboard: 36 of 1,066 (3.38%)

Number of crew who have reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of crew onboard: 4 of 763 (0.52%)

Predominant symptoms: diarrhea

Causative agent: unknown

Actions: In response to the outbreak, Oceania Cruises and the crew aboard the ship reported the following actions:

• Increasing cleaning and disinfection procedures to Level 3 according to their outbreak prevention and response plan.
• Collecting stool specimens from passenger and/or crew gastrointestinal illness cases for testing and sending specimens to the CDC Calicivirus lab.
• Making twice daily reports of gastrointestinal illness cases to VSP.
• Consulting with VSP on plans for their comprehensive sanitation cleaning procedures in Miami, Florida, on April 1, 2019.

Note: The gastrointestinal illness cases reported are totals for the entire voyage and do not represent the number of active (symptomatic) gastrointestinal cases at any given port of call or at disembarkation.

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