RSOE EDIS: United Kingdom - Epidemic - 2009.12.22

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2009-12-22 09:15:49 - Epidemic - United Kingdom EDIS CODE: EP-20091222-24268-GBR Date & Time: 2009-12-22 09:15:49 [UTC] Area: United Kingdom, England, Fred Olsen Cruise Ship, Portsmouth Number of Infected person(s): 50 Not confirmed information! Description: A cruise liner stranded in Portsmouth last week after 180 passengers were struck down by a sickness bug is set to return again after a second suspected outbreak. The Fred Olsen cruise ship Boudicca, which is based at Portsmouth ferry port, was stranded in Portsmouth on Friday because of a gastro-enteritis outbreak onboard. But after a deep clean of all the cabins, the ship was sent back out to sea Friday evening. Now 50 passengers aboard the 900 capacity ship are again thought to be showing sickness symptoms and, reportedly, the cruise liner has been forced to turn back. Fred Olsen were due to release a statement later today. The cruise liner firm has a bad record of passenger sickness - this bug would be the sixth time in the past three years one of its fleet has been hit with illnesses. The name of Hazard: Gastro-enteritis Species: Human Status: Confirmed Posted:2009-12-22 09:15:49 [UTC] Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu