Bordeaux – Due to a wave of gastrointestinal illnesses on a cruise ship, around 1,700 passengers and crew members are not allowed to leave the ship that has arrived in Bordeaux. Medical professionals boarded the Ambition on Wednesday to assess the situation and take samples, health authorities and the prefecture said. According to the captain, around 50 passengers were ill. According to media reports, a British passenger in his 90s died.
