Mystery illness outbreak sweeps through Royal Caribbean cruise and leaves 134 sick

More than 140 people, including 134 guests and 11 crew members, fell ill from a mystery gastrointestinal illness aboard Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas during a recent round-trip from Los Angeles to Mexico. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the outbreak, which shares symptoms with norovirus, prompting the ship’s cleaning and isolation of affected individuals.

Explain It To Me Like I’m 5: More than 140 people got sick with a stomach bug while on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, and it’s not clear what made them ill.

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