--- ---  # Illness Strikes 200 on Cruise Ship  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Dec 8, 2014 1:15 PM UTC  The passenger liner Dawn Princess, operated by Carnival Corp.'s Princess Cruises, sits docked at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Princes Wharf in Auckland, New Zealand, on March 20, 2013. The passenger liner Dawn Princess, operated by Carnival Corp.'s Princess Cruises, sits docked at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Princes Wharf in Auckland, New Zealand, on March 20, 2013.Brednan O'Hagan—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Dec 8, 2014 1:15 PM UTC A norovirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship near Australia has left [200 passengers sick and confined to their cabins](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c%5Fid=1&objectid=11370699), health officials said. Princess Cruises, which operates the ship, said it has taken measures to prevent the spread of the disease, the New Zealand [_Herald_](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c%5Fid=1&objectid=11370699)reports. Crew members aboard the Dawn Princess, which is en route to Australia from New Zealand, have taken measures to disinfect surfaces to prevent the spread of the disease. The ship has a doctor on board responsible for overseeing the situation and the health of all 1,500 passengers. “It takes relatively few cases to be reported onboard for even more stringent sanitation levels to be implemented,” the company said in a statement. “The containment response worked effectively and the number of new cases declined significantly.” Norovirus, a gastrointestinal virus transmitted through blood and urine, causes diarrhea and vomiting and lasts one to three days. \[[_New Zealand_ _Herald_](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c%5Fid=1&objectid=11370699)\] Cruise Passengers Norovirus: 200 Confined To Cabins ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3623128/norovirus-dawn-pricess/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3623128/norovirus-dawn-pricess/"},"headline":"Illness Strikes 200 on Cruise Ship","datePublished":"2014-12-08T13:15:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:38:54.870Z","description":"Sick passengers have been confined to their cabins","url":"https://time.com/3623128/norovirus-dawn-pricess/","keywords":["Healthcare","viral","norovirus","New Zealand","health","Cruise","Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcef965595883e693/69876d49cd1bba57af6f401f/dawn-princess.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcef965595883e693/69876d49cd1bba57af6f401f/dawn-princess.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The passenger liner Dawn Princess, operated by Carnival Corp.'s Princess Cruises, sits docked at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Princes Wharf in Auckland, New Zealand, on March 20, 2013.","caption":"The passenger liner Dawn Princess, operated by Carnival Corp.'s Princess Cruises, sits docked at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Princes Wharf in Auckland, New Zealand, on March 20, 2013.","creditText":"Brednan O'Hagan—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/healthcare/","name":"Healthcare"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3623128/norovirus-dawn-pricess/","name":"Illness Strikes 200 on Cruise Ship"}}]}] ```