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Coverage dated May 12, 2026

1,700 passengers held on cruise ship over potential acute stomach bug sickness

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By Joseph Ataman, Pierre P Bairin, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — As many as 1,700 passengers are being held on board a cruise ship in southwest France, after dozens of cases of possible gastroenteritis on board.

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  1. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    1,700 passengers held on cruise ship over potential acute stomach bug sickness (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Joseph Ataman, Pierre P Bairin, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — As many as 1,700 passengers are being held on board a cruise ship in southwest France, after dozens of cases of possible gastroenteritis on board.

  2. Deutsche Welle

    France: Cruise ship on lockdown over stomach bug outbreak (opens Deutsche Welle)

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  3. UPI

    France holds 1,000+ on cruise ship with suspected norovirus outbreak (opens UPI)

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    Officials in France have confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew members on a cruise ship because of a suspected norovirus outbreak.

  4. The Guardian

    France confines more than 1,700 people to cruise ship after suspected norovirus death (opens The Guardian)

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    One elderly passenger on vessel docked in Bordeaux has died and about 50 people have symptoms, say officials

  5. New York Post

    1,700 stranded on cruise ship in France after traveler’s death blamed on norovirus (opens New York Post)

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    More than 1,700 passengers and crew are trapped aboard a cruise ship docked in France after a 90-year-old passenger died from suspected norovirus -- just days after a separate virus killed three and sickened multiple others on a different cruise.

  6. WMUR

    Passengers held on cruise ship in France over potential illness (opens WMUR)

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    As many as 1,700 passengers are being held on board a cruise ship in France due to dozens of cases of possible gastroenteritis on board.

  7. Al Jazeera

    France confines over 1,700 passengers on cruise ship over gastroenteritis (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The British ship docked in the southwestern French city of Bordeaux reports 49 suspected cases.

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