The short answer is no. Cruise ships are responsible for some of the smallest numbers of norovirus cases annually in the U.S. Most cases develop in restaurants, schools, hospitals and nursing homes.

Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are spiking in 2025, with 16 reported incidents so far, nearly as many as all of last year.

So far this year, 16 illness outbreaks were reported on cruise ships in the CDC's jurisdiction, mostly from norovirus, compared with 18 outbreaks in all of 2024 and 14 in 2023, VSP reports show. U ...

“I look at a cruise ship as really kind of a perfect storm for a number of environmental factors,” Winslow said. However, norovirus outbreaks on cruises comprise only 1% of all those reported.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating two separate Norovirus outbreaks linked to US cruise ships — including Princess Cruises’ Sapphire Princess. Shutterstock ...

There have been 13 reported norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships this year, but this is the first time the virus has been confirmed on three ships within a single month, and suspected on a fourth.

So far this year, there have been 16 illness outbreaks reported on cruise ships in the CDC’s jurisdiction, mostly from norovirus, compared with 18 outbreaks in all of 2024 and 14 in 2023, VSP ...

Four norovirus outbreaks, involving a total of 449 passengers and crew members, have happened aboard Royal Caribbean ships this year, the most of any individual cruise company, according to CDC data.