Norovirus outbreak strikes Queen Elizabeth luxury liner berthed in Hong Kong
More than 150 hit since earlier this month, with 27 being isolated and five currently showing symptoms
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 30 March, 2016, 1:33pm
UPDATED : Wednesday, 30 March, 2016, 1:35pm
Nikki Sun
More than 150 passengers and crew on Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth luxury liner, which arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning, have been struck by norovirus since March 7, with 27 people being isolated and five currently showing symptoms.
Victims commonly suffer from nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain.
The queen’s namesake cruise liner is currently on a world tour, carrying more than 2,000 travellers and 1,000 crew members. It departed from Keelung, Taiwan before berthing at Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui at about 6.00am.
Officials from the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection boarded the vessel to check the situation. They allowed 1,300 people to get off the ship and enter Hong Kong.
