Hundreds hit with Norwalk virus on trans-Atlantic cruise

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Plagues, Pestilences and Diseases

Hundreds hit with Norwalk virus on trans-Atlantic cruise*

Reuters
Thursday, November 16, 2006; 10:42 AM

MIAMI (Reuters) - More than 700 people on a trans-Atlantic cruise from
Italy to Florida have been hit by a stomach bug producing flu-like
symptoms, the cruise line said.

The gastrointestinal illness, most likely caused by a strain of highly
contagious Norovirus, has affected 556 passengers and 154 crew members
aboard the Carnival Liberty, the ship's operator, Miami-based Carnival
Corp., said in a statement late on Wednesday.

It said most of those affected had recovered and that the ship, which
departed from Civitavecchia outside Rome on November 3, was scheduled to
make port in Ft. Lauderdale on Sunday.