MORE than 150 passengers have been taken ill on-board a cruise ship, with reports of people vomiting in the ship’s pools, that docked in Sydney.
The Diamond Princess, one of the flagships of the Princess Cruises fleet, tied up at the overseas passenger terminal in Sydney’s Circular Quay at 7am this morning following a 12-day voyage to New Zealand.
The South Eastern Sydney local health district said they were notified by Princess Cruises of a norovirus gastroenteritis outbreak on the liner. Typical symptoms of the virus include abdominal cramps, diarrhoea and vomiting.
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