A highly contagious virus is suspected of affecting nearly 80 people who were onboard Holland America’s Westerdam ship in Hong Kong.

Almost 80 people among 2,800 passengers became sick in February due to an outbreak of what was believed to be norovirus, Fox News reported on Friday.

Officials with the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) boarded the cruise ship on March 1 to investigate and found that 65 guests and 11 crew members had symptoms that included diarrhea, vomiting, and fever.

Holland America told the outlet, “During the previous voyage of Westerdam from Yokohama, Japan to Hong Kong, a number of guests reported symptoms of…

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