REPORTS are surfacing of legal action against P&O parent Carnival by 32 guests who suffered norovirus whilst on a Christmas cruise onboard Oriana. The law firm representing the guests, Irwin Mitchell, has said that the passengers are demanding to know why the cruise line did not inform them that the...
REPORTS are surfacing of legal action against
P&O parent Carnival by 32 guests who suffered
norovirus whilst on a Christmas cruise onboard
Oriana.
The law firm representing the guests, Irwin
Mitchell, has said that the passengers are
demanding to know why the cruise line did not
inform them that the previous cruise had an
outbreak of the stomach bug, and that there
was a possibility that the bug may still be
loitering within the ship.
“Official guidelines for the management of
norovirus infections on cruise ships state that a
vessel affected by an outbreak should undergo
a deep clean before setting sail again,” a
spokesperson for the law firm told media.
“However, the reports we have heard from
passengers have raised concerns that they
were not made aware of any previous
problems onboard the ship until after they
actually boarded the ship and that the vessel
set sail again for their voyage only two hours
after the previous cruise – information which
may have made them rethink their own stay
on the vessel,” the spokesperson added.
