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Ship to sail back to Tilbury after virus outbreak
Transocean Tours has decided to sail the ship Marco Polo back to Tilbury on the advice of health officials.
The ship has been docked at Invergordon since a suspected norovirus broke out on board.
Around 200 passengers now have symptoms of suspected norovirus.
Four elderly passengers were being treated at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness as a precautionary measure, but they have now been discharged.
Passengers will be given the option of either staying on board or travelling back to London via York and Peterborough by a specially chartered train and then by coach on to Tilbury.
Marco Polo will then continue its scheduled programme on July 14 with a 12-night Baltic Cities and St Petersburg cruise.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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