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| Vomiting virus sweeps through QE2 | Vomiting virus sweeps through QE2 |
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| More than 300 people are thought to have caught a highly infectious virus on the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship. | |
| The Norovirus, a vomiting and diarrhoea bug, is common in cruise ships, hospitals and prisons. | The Norovirus, a vomiting and diarrhoea bug, is common in cruise ships, hospitals and prisons. |
| After the Southampton-based ship docked in San Francisco, US officials said 276 passengers and 28 crew were hit, although just six were still sick. | |
| A Cunard spokesman said the virus had been largely eradicated after first flaring up on 8 January. | A Cunard spokesman said the virus had been largely eradicated after first flaring up on 8 January. |
| All those who caught the gastrointestinal virus will have suffered symptoms for a few days before recovering. There is usually no lasting damage. | All those who caught the gastrointestinal virus will have suffered symptoms for a few days before recovering. There is usually no lasting damage. |
| Health officials said this was an unusually large outbreak, with 17% of those on the luxury ship affected. | |
| Confined to cabin | |
| The Cunard spokesman said: "The whole cleansing regime has been upgraded. People have been advised on measures they should take. | |
| "We have encouraged handwashing. Where people display symptoms they are kept confined in their cabin until the symptoms subside." | |
| The ship sailed from Southampton on 2 January, before changing most of its passengers in New York on 8 January and sailing down the US's east coast. | |
| It is thought a passenger brought the disease on in New York, the spokesman said. | |
| Officials from the US Centers for Disease Control boarded the ship in Acapulco, Mexico. | |
| The ship is now on its way to Hawaii. | |
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