ByMary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes Staff.
French authorities will allow a cruise ship with dozens of sick patients to continue its journey this week after initially locking down the boat in Bordeaux in efforts to contain a norovirus outbreak that has caused nearly 50 people to come down with the highly contagious stomach bug.
The ship Ambition of the Ambassador Cruise Line, a British operator, was sailing from the UK to Spain and France when four dozen patients and a crew member started exhibiting symptoms of norovirus, a common gastrointestinal virus that causes vomiting, diarrhea, fever and body aches.
The ship informed French health authorities of the situation before its scheduled stop in Bordeaux Tuesday, and officials ordered everyone to stay aboard the ship.
