| NCL works with CDC

NORWEGIAN Cruise Line (NCL) has confirmed it is working to assist investigations by the US Centers for Disease Control, writing to inform upcoming guests that two passengers who sailed aboard the Norwegian Prima last year had been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease.

NCL said it was writing “out of an abundance of caution”, with the diagnosis unlikely to be associated with the passengers’ time on the ship.

The cruise line noted that “health and safety is our top priority…we operate to the highest health and sanitation standards” with the CDC’s probe including testing of some onboard fixtures as part of attempts to trace the source of the infection.

Prima is currently operating a Caribbean program out of Port Canaveral in Florida.