Gastrointestinal outbreak leaves 1700 stranded on cruise in Bordeaux

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More than 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship near in Bordeaux are being ordered to remain on board after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness, French authorities said Wednesday.

They dismissed any link to a hantavirus outbreak on another vessel that has put European health authorities on alert.

The Ambition was midway through a 14-night cruise from Belfast and Liverpool that was due to take in ports in northern Spain and along France's Atlantic coast.

It reached Bordeaux on Tuesday evening, according to the operator, Ambassador Cruise Line.

Those affected are being treated by the ship's doctor and isolated in their cabins and a medical team has been dispatched to the vessel to collect samples for analysis at a Bordeaux hospital.