Investigation Update on the Silver Moon

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Cruise Line: Silversea Cruises

Cruise Ship: Silver Moon

Voyage Dates: December 21, 2022–January 6, 2023

Number of passengers who reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of passengers onboard: 15 of 521 (2.8%)

Number of crew who reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of crew onboard: 13 of 413 (3.15%)

Predominant symptoms: diarrhea

Causative agent: unknown

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

  • Increased cleaning and disinfection procedures according to the ship’s outbreak prevention and response plan.
  • Requested stool specimens from passenger and/or crew gastrointestinal illness cases
  • Sent twice daily reports of gastrointestinal illness cases to VSP

VSP is monitoring the situation and the ship’s outbreak response and sanitation procedures.

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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