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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jamie Grierson

France confines more than 1,700 people to cruise ship after suspected norovirus outbreak

The Ambassador Cruise Line vessel Ambassador in a port city
The Ambassador Cruise Line vessel. It arrived in Bordeaux on Tuesday with 1,233 passengers onboard. Photograph: Peter Titmuss/Alamy

French authorities have confined more than 1,700 passengers and crew members to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a suspected norovirus outbreak, officials have said.

The vessel, Ambition, which is carrying 1,233 passengers, most of them British or Irish nationals, arrived in Bordeaux on Tuesday. About 50 people had shown symptoms of the virus, French health officials said.

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