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Cruise Gone Wrong: Passengers Suffering From Both Ends on ‘Ultra Premium’ Cruise
The Oceania Insignia has 74 passengers and one crew member sick with norovirus, marking the highest cruise ship outbreak of 2025, according to the U.S. CDC.
- On October 26 the Oceania Insignia will dock in Portland after an 11-day Montreal-to-Boston cruise, with 80 of 637 passengers sick, the highest CDC-tracked level this year.
- Health agencies note the virus spreads through close contact and contaminated surfaces, food and water, causing symptoms like vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, fever and muscle aches lasting one to three days.
- Ship officers say they activated CDC‑approved sanitation protocols, isolating sick passengers, collecting samples, increasing cleaning, and Oceania Cruises says symptomatic guests receive medical treatment while one crew member is ill.
- After consulting federal and state CDC experts, City of Portland officials said the Insignia will be allowed to dock on Sunday as the CDC confirmed cases are declining and staff are responding effectively.
- This year the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program has reported 20 outbreaks, with norovirus comprising 15; Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2 earlier affected 266 of 2,538 passengers, or 10.6%.
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Nightmare cruise for some Oceania Insignia passengers. American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed a Norovirus epidemic on board...
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