
Ambition cruise ship quarantined off Bordeaux after gastro illness hits passengers
About 1,700 passengers are confined aboard the Ambition in southwest France after dozens report acute gastroenteritis, with up to 50 affected; a 92-year-old man died onboard on May 10, and the cause awaits the coroner’s report. Disembarkation at Bordeaux has been suspended as medical tests are conducted at Bordeaux University Hospital, and Ambassador Cruise Line says enhanced sanitation measures are in place while investigators determine the outbreak’s source; the ship was on a 14-night itinerary from Belfast/Liverpool to France and Spain, and officials say there is no confirmed link to hantavirus from another vessel.












