More than 13% of passengers on board the Viking Neptune this month fell ill with norovirus, the CDC said.
The health agency has already logged 13 outbreaks of the contagious virus on cruise ships this year.
The Viking Neptune transformed into a cross-continental petri dish as more than 100 passengers onboard the cruise ship fell ill with the highly contagious norovirus this month.
Gastrointestinal illnesses have long been frequent guests aboard cruise ships, where cramped quarters allow germs to spread easily, and the highly contagious norovirus is the most notorious cruise ship culprit.
In March, more than 300 people on board a Princess Cruise ship fell ill with the virus, and another outbreak hit 177 people traveling on a Celebrity Cruise ship earlier this month.
Persons:
Viking
Organizations:
CDC, Morning, Centers for Disease Control, Viking Cruises, Sanitation
Locations:
Iceland, New York, Greenland, Canada