A 29-day round-trip cruise from England to the Caribbean aboard the Queen Mary 2 luxury liner turned into an ordeal for 224 passengers and 17 crew members who reported becoming ill.

Nearly 10 percent of the more than 2,000 passengers travelling aboard the Queen Mary 2 have been struck down during an outbreak of the ultra-contagious sickness bug

Over 200 passengers aboard Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2 have fallen ill following a norovirus outbreak. The ship departed from Southampton, England, on March 8, heading to New York and the Caribbean, with the voyage set to conclude on April 6,