Cruise ship hit with norovirus

LOS ANGELES – A Princess Cruises ship docked in Los Angeles early Sunday after nearly 170 people on board fell ill in the ship’s second outbreak of norovirus this year, officials said.

Passengers began to show signs of the gastrointestinal sickness a few days into the monthlong voyage to Hawaii and Tahiti. All the ill passengers and crew were treated on the ship. None required hospitalization when the ship, the Crown Princess, reached port, according to cruise officials.

Norovirus is highly contagious and can be picked up from an infected person, contaminated food or water, or by touching contaminated surfaces.

In total, 158 passengers and 11 crew members were reported having the illness.