About 150 people have fallen ill aboard a cruise ship berthed in Scotland following a suspected outbreak of the vomit-inducing norovirus, health officials said Monday.

…”NHS Highland can confirm that around 150 people on board a cruise ship docked at Invergordon have become unwell with suspected norovirus,” he said.

…Germany-based operators Transocean Tours said the man’s death earlier Monday was unrelated to the outbreak, saying he had chronic heart and breathing problems and “suffered a fatal heart attack on board ship”.

It said 769 passengers and 340 crew were on the Marco Polo and its medical team had reported that 54 passengers and 21 crew “have an unconfirmed virus that causes a form of gastroenteritis”.

Norovirus is highly contagious and induces vomiting and diarrhea. It affects between 600,000 and one million people in Britain each year and outbreaks are common within contained environments.

Passengers on the world-famous Queen Elizabeth II luxury liner were struck by an outbreak in 2007.

Source/Full Story: breitbart.com

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