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More illnesses for cancellation of riverboat cruise
ST. LOUIS (AP) - More illnesses aboard a riverboat cruise ship have forced cancellation of a third trip before it began.
About two dozen passengers on the Mississippi Queen became ill late last week on a seven-day cruise from St. Louis to St. Paul, Minn. The outbreak was similar to illnesses on the same boat the previous week.
Crew members had replaced pillows, scrubbed the riverboat down with bleach, put bottles of hand sanitizer everywhere. The company hired five nurses to accompany the cruise.
But on Friday, two days into the trip, ambulances greeted sickened passengers when the riverboat docked at Hannibal, about 100 miles north of St. Louis.
About two dozen passengers on the Mississippi Queen became ill late last week on a seven-day cruise from St. Louis to St. Paul, Minn. The outbreak was similar to illnesses on the same boat the previous week.
Crew members had replaced pillows, scrubbed the riverboat down with bleach, put bottles of hand sanitizer everywhere. The company hired five nurses to accompany the cruise.
But on Friday, two days into the trip, ambulances greeted sickened passengers when the riverboat docked at Hannibal, about 100 miles north of St. Louis.
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