Investigation Update on the Celebrity Equinox

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Cruise Line: Celebrity Cruises

Cruise Ship: Celebrity Equinox

Voyage Dates: March 9–March 18, 2023

Voyage Number: 63524

Number of passengers who reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of passengers onboard: 122 of 2,579 (4.7%)

Number of crew who reported being ill during the voyage out of total number of crew onboard: 14 of 1,222 (1.1%)

Predominant symptoms: vomiting and diarrhea

Causative agents: norovirus

Actions: In response to the outbreak, Celebrity 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.
  • Collected stool specimens from gastrointestinal illness cases to send to the CDC lab for pathogenic identification.
  • Notified guests of the situation onboard and encouraged illness reporting and good hand hygiene.

A VSP investigation team conducted a field response in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on March 18.

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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