As many as 1,700 passengers are being held on board a cruise ship in southwest France, after dozens of cases of possible gastroenteritis on board.

Europe News: French authorities on Wednesday confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew aboard a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a passenger died from a sus.

French authorities have ordered over 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship to stay on board due to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak.

More than 1,000 passengers on board a cruise ship off the coast of Bordeaux are held on the vessel after a gastroenteritis outbreak has infected around 50 passengers.

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As many as 1,700 passengers are being held on board a cruise ship in southwest France, after dozens of cases of possible gastroenteritis on board.

Officials in France have confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew members on a cruise ship because of a suspected norovirus outbreak.

A stomach illness outbreak and the death of a man on board prompted authorities in Bordeaux to place a temporary disembarking ban on the ship.

Dozens suffer from upset stomachs aboard the Ambition, which has arrived in the western port of Bordeaux.

Passengers unaffected by an illness outbreak on a British cruise ship have been allowed off the ship in Bordeaux.