More than 300 sick on cruise
Celebrity: Passengers responding well to medicine
February 23, 2010, 11:01 a.m.
STAFF REPORT
More than 300 passengers aboard a U.S. cruise ship came down with a gastrointestinal illness during a trip through the Caribbean, a cruise line said.
Celebrity Cruises ship Mercury departed Charleston, South Carolina, on February 15 and headed for the eastern Caribbean, according to a Celebrity Cruises statement.
On the way, 326 of the 1,838 passengers fell ill, along with 27 of the 849 crew members, the cruise line said.
The sickened passengers and crew have been given over-the-counter medicine and are responding well, Celebrity Cruises said.