There has reportedly been a gastro outbreak on the Princess Cruises’ ship Diamond Princess.
MORE than 150 passengers have reportedly been taken ill on-board a cruise ship that docked in Sydney.
The Diamond Princess, one of the flagships of the Princess Cruises fleet, tied up at the overseas passenger terminal in Sydney’s Circular Quay this morning.
According to Channel 9, 158 sick passengers were on board the ship with passengers saying there had been an outbreak of gastroenteritis on-board the liner.
News.com.au has contacted Carnival Australia, the owners of Princess Cruises, to confirm the outbreak.
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There were three incidents of gastro on board cruise ships in December alone.
Passengers on the P&O cruise ship Pacific Eden labelled it a “floating disaster” after about 50 of the 1500 people on board were taken ill with norovirus.
A total of 182 passengers out of the 3566 on board the luxury Royal Caribbean cruise ship Explorer of the Seas were also struck down by a stomach bug in December.
A passenger who disembarked told the Today Show: “Every time you walked in and out of the corridors there were medics going in and out of all the rooms. Just about everybody was sick.”
And in the same month 200 passengers were confined to their cabins aboard the Carnival cruise ship Dawn Princess after it left Melbourne bound for New Zealand’s South Island.
In September, another 100 passengers were struck down by the virus aboard Carnival cruise ship Sea Princess travelling from Singapore to Fremantle.
A passenger named Steve told the ABC he was forced to remain inside his cabin until he recovered.
“I was crook on the third day, I had stomach cramps, and I was confined to my cabin for a couple of days, couldn’t leave my cabin, but I got special food and they released me after two days,” he said.
“The doctor came to my room and he gave me the tablets, and I was fine after 48 hours. They contained (the virus) two or three days after that.”
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