| Norovirus on the Rhine

OVER 40% of passengers onboard the popular
European river cruise ship, Ms Bellriva, fell victim
to the dreaded norovirus over the weekend.
Scourge of cruise lines worldwide, the
norovirus struck Bellriva guests as it was sailing
through Germany on the Rhine River as part of
a three-night Christmas markets voyage,
complete with a pax load of with 146 guests.
The ship was quarantined by German
authorities at anchor in the district of
Wiesbaden Biebrich on Saturday.
After spending the night onboard, guests
were bussed back to Cologne where the
voyage was due to conclude on Sunday.
Bellriva will now undergo a full sanitation
work-over before her next voyage.