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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Natalie Wilson

Fury as cruise ship hit by sickness bug outbreak allows passengers out on Shetland town

The 290-metre-long Costa Favolosa ship can carry almost 4,000 passengers - (Getty Images)

An Italian cruise line has come under fire after thousands of passengers exposed to a sickness bug were allowed to disembark in a town in Shetland.

Passengers on board Costa Cruises Costa Favolosa ship had reported symptoms of “mild gastrointestinal illness” during a seven-day Northern European voyage from Hamburg before the vessel docked in Lerwick, Shetland, earlier this month.

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