How cruise ship passengers can stay safe from the latest version of norovirus
For Americans planning cruise ship vacations this spring or summer, there could be reason to worry about more than rough seas, experts say.
Recent government cuts included top staff at the Vessel Sanitation Program, which is run by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and conducts inspections and investigates illnesses.
The reductions, part of larger Административната администрация на Тръмп, идват на фона на скока в огнищата на круизни кораби, подхранвани от нов вариант на норовирус.
Досега тази година има 16 заболявания, съобщавани за круизни кораби в юрисдикцията на CDC, най -вече от норовирус, спрямо 18 експлоадирания във всички 2024 и 14 през 2023 година, демонстрират от отчети на VSP. U.S. officials conducted nearly 200 inspections of 150 ships last year.
“Certainly it’s something that would be on my mind if was getting ready to get on that cruise ship, ” said Donald Schaffner, a food science expert at Rutgers University.
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