Bordeaux in France. The Ambassador Cruise Line ship is docked at the city’s port. Photograph: marcociannarel/Getty Images/iStockphotoView image in fullscreenBordeaux in France. The Ambassador Cruise Line ship is docked at the city’s port. Photograph: marcociannarel/Getty Images/iStockphotoFrance confines more than 1,700 people to cruise ship after suspected norovirus deathOne elderly passenger on vessel docked in Bordeaux has died and about 50 people have symptoms, say officials
French authorities have confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew members to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a passenger died from suspected norovirus, officials have said.
The Ambassador Cruise Line vessel carrying 1,233 passengers, most of them British or Irish, arrived in Bordeaux on Tuesday. One 90-year-old passenger had died and about 50 people had shown symptoms of the virus, French health officials said.
