Cruise ship returns to Texas with 170 sick aboard

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AP Pasadena (US)
Last Updated : Jan 31 2014 | 7:59 PM IST
More than 170 passengers and crew members have fallen sick aboard a cruise ship, prompting it to return two days early to a Houston-area port.
The Caribbean Princess returned to the Bayport Cruise Terminal in Pasadena yesterday. Princess Cruises, which owns the ship, says the highly contagious norovirus spread quickly among passengers, forcing a premature end to their voyage.
The company says in a statement that Centers for Disease Control officials will board the ship today to ensure thorough sanitation.
The Caribbean Princess left the Pasadena port January 25 bound for the Caribbean with more than 4,200 people aboard. It had been scheduled to return tomorrow.
Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas returned to New Jersey on Wednesday after nearly 700 aboard fell sick with the same gastrointestinal illness.
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First Published: Jan 31 2014 | 7:59 PM IST

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