04.dec.06
Associated Press
MIAMI -- Cruise officials were cited as saying Sunday that more than 380 passengers and crew aboard the world's largest cruise ship, the Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas, were sickened by a virus during a seven-day Caribbean cruise.
The ship, which had roughly 3,800 passengers and 1,300 crew members, returned Sunday as scheduled to the Port of Miami. Crew members sanitized frequently touched surfaces such as railings, door handles and elevator buttons after the short-lived outbreak began, officials said.
A guest previously exposed to norovirus likely brought it on board Nov. 26, the company said.
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