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91 people affected by gastrointestinal illness
A gastrointestinal illness has broken out on the 'Radiance of the Seas', according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The outbreak was reported to the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program on Feb 4. 89 of the 2,164 passengers onboard have been affected by the outbreak, which is around 4.1 % of the passengers. Two of the 910 crew members have also reported symptoms. The CDC did not specify what type of gastrointestinal illness it was, with the predominant symptoms reportedly being been diarrhea and vomitin. The sick passengers and crew members have been isolated from the rest of the people on the ship. The ship has also increased cleaning and disinfection procedures and collected stool specimens for testing. The present cruise of the 'Radiance of the Seas' has started on Feb 1 in Tampa and was scheduled to end on Feb 9.
Cruise ship wake caused sinking of boat
Two people and a dog were rescued from a buoy after their boat hit a cruise ship’s wake and sank on the evening of Jan. 4, 2025 The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO). and Coast Guard soon found the trio clinging to the buoy, which they swam to after their boat hit the wake near Gadsden Point. The Tampa Bay Harbor pilots Michael Stutevoss and Dan Hemmer were piloting a Royal Caribbean cruise ship when they heard people had entered the water and contacted the Coast Guard. They also contacted fellow pilot Matthew Riley, who helped look for the boaters. The incident occurred as the 'Enchantment of the Seas' and the 'Radiance of the Seas' were departing Port Tampa Bay. Guests on one ship spotted the stranded boaters and alerted the crew. The two people pulled from the buoy were subsequently transported to Tampa General Hospital. It is unclear which of the cruise ships was involved in creating the wake that apparently caused the smaller boat to sink. Report with photo and video: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/2-people-dog-rescued-fla-205618436.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QEUvZilMTM&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestreet.com%2F
Medevac off Anna Maria Island
On Dec 14, 2024, a Coast Guard unit was requested for assistance on the 'Radiance of the Seas', which had just departed from Tampa, Florida, on a 7-night Western Caribbean cruise. The ship was 13 miles west of Anna Maria Island when a female passenger, accompanied by her mother & father, needed to be medevaced. The Coast Guard deployed a patrol boat, which embarked the three, and the patient was transferred to awaiting EMS at the Station Cortez. Following the evacuation, the ship resumed her sailing towards the Western Caribbean. Report with photos: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2024/12/16/what-happens-in-cruise-ship-medical-emergency-coast-guard
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