Over 140 cruise passengers of the Royal Caribbean and the crew, which got sick by unknown illness

Over 140 passengers and crew members on board a royal Caribbean international ship became sick due to an unidentified disease, the centers said for the control and prevention of centers for diseases and prevention on Wednesday.

The ship, the navigator of the Seas, was on a one -week cruise that was carried out by Los Angeles on July 4th. According to Ship Tracking Cruisemapper, the ship made three stops in Mexico and then returned to Los Angeles on July 11th when the CDC outbreak was reported to the CDC.

Of the 3,914 passengers of the ship, 134 stated that they were sick during the trip. Seven out of 1,266 crew members reported diseases. The symptoms they performed were diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal cramps, said the CDC.

Royal Caribbean informed the CDC that its crew increased the cleaning and disinfectant procedures according to its outbreak prevention and reaction plan, collected stool samples for tests, isolated sick passengers and crew members and the ship's house goods program advised. The program monitored the situation from a distance, said the CDC.

The CDC said that further work would be done to determine the cause of the outbreak. Often norovirus, a infectious stomach bugIs to blame for stomach -intestine outbreaks of disease on cruise ships, said the agency.

The latest diseases have followed several other cruise outbursts in the past few months. In February almost 80 passengers on board a Holland America line ship became sick. In the same month, over 80 passengers and crew members were sick on a princess cruise ship During a 16-night cruise. An outbreak on a Cunard cruise line Luxury ship makes a month -long international journey In addition, those affected more than 240 passengers and crew members at the beginning of this year.