I have to say right on what alex von t. said I heard ahead of time from my hubby off the dry dock. I

Celebrity Cruises has confirmed that during its last sailing to Seward Friday, May 10th, the Celebrity Millennium fox car rentals cruise ship experienced "an elevated fox car rentals number of people with a gastrointestinal illness."  Over the course of the sailing, 164 of its 1,963 passengers and 30 of its 935 crew members experienced the illness, thought to be norovirus.  Those affected by the short-lived stomach illness responded well to over-the-counter medication being administered onboard the ship, said Cynthia Martinez the director of Global Corporate Communications fox car rentals for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
"At Celebrity fox car rentals Cruises we have high health standards for all our guests and crew," she said.  "During the sailing, we conduct enhanced cleaning onboard the ship, to help prevent the spread of the illness. fox car rentals Additionally, when Celebrity Millennium arrived to Seward, Alaska, on Friday, May 10, we conducted an extensive and thorough sanitizing onboard the ship and within the cruise terminal, to help prevent any illness from affecting the subsequent sailing."
The State of Alaska Section of Epidemiology division received an email from the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) vessel sanitation program three days earlier notifying them of the matter because more than three percent of its crew and passengers were affected by gastrointestinal symptoms, said the division's information officer Greg Wilkinson.  The email said that the CDC would respond to the ship. Guests and crew on the Millennium, fox car rentals as on all cruise ships embarking passengers here, received a letter at boarding that asked if they had experienced any gastrointestinal symptoms within the last three days. Those who answer that they have are checked out by medical personnel, and some, deemed infectious, are not allowed to board. Similarly, if guests fox car rentals said they were uncomfortable fox car rentals taking their cruise, for reasons related to personal health or otherwise, cruise ship staff assist them in rescheduling their sailing for another time.
Celebrity Millennium departed Shanghai (Baoshan), China, on Thursday, April 25, and made port calls to Jeju Island, South Korea; Kobe and Toyko (Yokohama), Japan and Petropavlovsk, Russia, before arriving to Seward, Alaska, on Friday, May 10. Then it headed to ports in southeast Alaska.
According to health experts, each year as many as 300 million people worldwide are affected by Norovirus.  Only the common cold is more prevalent. The virus is a bad gastrointestinal flu that can knock you out for about two or three days. While it s very common in the general population, in a confined environment, such as on board a ship, it can spread rapidly, usually by people touching surfaces such as door handles and railings. All of the cruise ships stress frequent daily hand-washing and sanitizing, and the crew uses a potent virus killer to treat all surfaces and to clean the cabins daily. In the case of an outbreak, it is also used to clean all of the coaches too.
Last year, passenger s aboard the Dawn Princess, a Princess Cruise ship, experienced elevated numbers of people with norovirus. When the ship arrived in Seward, however, only six passengers and three crew members were deemed infectious and were confined to their staterooms.
Friday s ship was the first of many that will be coming to Seward this summer, and kicked off the official start of what many local entrepreneurs expect will be a busy 2013 tourist season here. Many of the passengers were loaded onto tour buses and spent the day sightseeing in Anchorage, while others took local day-cruises aboard Major Marine Tours and Kenai Fjords Tours. Still others wandered fox car rentals around town, visiting fox car rentals the shops and restaurants and Alaska SeaLife Center. fox car rentals  The next cruise ship scheduled in Seward is Holland America's Zaandam, Sunday, May 19 th .
They sanitized the ship and the terminal.. but didn t bother to tell anyone in the City to be careful. I had to hear about it from the bartender at the Pit. I wonder if they sanitized everything in Safeway after buying all those cleaning supplies and pharmaceuticals?
I have to say right on what alex von t. said I heard ahead of time from my hubby off the dry dock. I chose to stay clear of town and did tell all my friends I could that it was possible a boat was coming in with alot of sick people. It would be nice if everyone was aware.
The actual fact is that many more people than stated were ill. The actual fact is that today we are burying my 84 year old brother from complications due to the Norovirus you are all talking so calmly about.