France Quarantines 1,747 aboard Ambition Over Suspected Gastroenteritis

French authorities quarantined about 1,747 people on the British cruise ship Ambition in Bordeaux after nearly 50 suspected gastroenteritis cases; 1,233 passengers and 514 crew were prevented from disembarking while medical tests were conducted, with 48 passengers and 1 crew member symptomatic. Shore excursions were canceled and refunds offered. The ship had sailed from Belfast/Liverpool; a 92-year-old passenger died of cardiac arrest unrelated to the outbreak. Officials stressed the illness is a stomach-flu–like gastroenteritis, not hantavirus, and the CDC notes several cruise-ship outbreaks this year.