(NBCNEWS) — More than 170 passengers and crew on a nearly month-long cruise set to dock in California on Sunday have fallen ill with norovirus, the Centers for Disease Control said Sunday.
Symptoms of norovirus include diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, fever and body aches, which 158 passengers and 14 crew members have reported suffering from during the 28 days of aboard the Crown Princess, operated by Princess Cruises, according a statement from the CDC.
The Crown Princess was supposed to return to port in Los Angeles on Saturday, but the boat had to make a diversion to Nuku Hiva, in the Marquesas Islands, last Monday when a crew member was stricken with an ailment that required emergency surgery due to an “entirely separate and individual medical issue,” according to a statement from Princess Cruises.
