A Norwegian media site, dagbladet.no, is reporting that Vision of the Seas has had five separate cruises in the last two months that have resulted in passengers getting ill from the Norovirus. The latest cruise had 50 sick, according to the company with a total of around 600 passengers infected since the outbreak began on May 1st.
Vision of the Seas set sail from port this past Saturday and that evening was the first report of the disease case according to Norden manager Roar Meidal by the shipping company Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines told Dagbladet. 49 passengers and a crew member became ill during the seven-day cruise.
Compounding the issue of eradicating the disease from the ship is the fact of how easy it is to spread Norovirus. Between people, the virus can spread quite easily and once an issue, it's difficult to fully remove it.
