Overview

• The Serenade of the Seas arrived in Miami on Thursday morning following a sailing that departed San Diego on September 19 with calls in Mexico, Costa Rica and Colombia.
• CDC data show 94 of 1,874 passengers reported gastrointestinal illness and one of 883 crew members was ill, with diarrhea and vomiting the predominant symptoms.
• Some reporting cites four ill crew members, while the CDC lists one, highlighting a discrepancy in crew-case counts.
• Royal Caribbean and ship staff intensified cleaning and disinfection, isolated sick individuals and collected stool samples for analysis during the voyage.
• The incident comes in a year with 19 cruise gastrointestinal outbreaks recorded by the CDC so far, 14 attributed to norovirus.