More than 1,700 passengers and crew aboard a British cruise ship were ordered to remain on board after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness, French authorities said on Wednesday. Officials, however, ruled out any connection to the deadly hantavirus outbreak linked to another vessel that recently raised alarms across Europe.
The ship, Ambition, was on a 14-night cruise departing from Belfast and Liverpool, with scheduled stops in northern Spain and along France’s Atlantic coast. It arrived in Bordeaux on Tuesday evening, according to operator Ambassador Cruise Line.
