Passengers on board the Sea Princess cuise liner could be looking to claim for compensation for illness after an outbreak of suspected norovirus on board the cruise liner, run by Princess Cruises.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), which is a US based organisation has reported the outbreak on its website.

The vessel which docked in San Fransisco on 9 June 2011 was due to undergo a full envirnmental health assessment. The results of that assessment are unknown at this time. However, the latest information from the CDCP is that 135 people onboard have reported symptoms of illness on the cruise.

Illness on the Sea Princess Cruise Compensation Claims

On the 30th May there were reports of people suffering illness on the Sea Princess caused by suspected norovirus outbreak. Hundreds of passengers were affected. Many of them may have a case for claiming compensation after falling ill on the cruise and have cause for a holiday claim for an illness on board the Sea Princess. If you or anyone you know has been suffered from an illness or food poisoning on a cruise and believe want to know if they can make a holiday claim for compensation they should complete an online enquiry or call us as soon as possible for advice as to whether they can make a claim no win no fee. Or for more information visit our Holiday Illness section.

Princes Cruises have taken the following measures to try and combat and further outbreaks of norovirus:

• Dispatched additional health and housekeeping staff to the ship from the corporate office to supervise prevention and control measures,
• Increased cleaning and disinfection procedures according to their outbreak prevention and response plan,
• Made multi-language announcements to both notify passengers and encourage case reporting,
• Conducted red level cleaning and delayed embarkation to permit a thorough disinfection,
• Collected stool specimens from ill passengers and crew for submission to the CDCP lab,
• Distributed a pre-boarding health advisory to incoming passengers for the incoming passengers directly through email, telephone calls, text messages, and indirectly through travel agents and the company website, and
• Made daily reports of gastrointestinal illness cases to the VSP, and
• Consulted with CDCP on plans for:

• Providing additional staff and time for thorough public and accommodation red level cleaning and disinfection during the extended period between disembarkation and embarkation,
• Disembarkation plans for active cases, terminal and transport infection control procedures,
• Additional management monitoring, documentation, and
• Contingency plans.