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Why are cruise ships such fertile ground for infection?

France 24 · May 14, 2026, 12:29 PM

Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.

In the span of two weeks, the MV Hondius incident and an outbreak of gastroenteritis on board a cruise ship off the coast of Bordeaux, some people might be tempted to postpone their cruise. But what makes these mastodons such fertile ground for infection? Story by France 2 and Antonia Kerrigan.

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