The only real reason that swine fly has not been mentioned in a while is because the summer has taken down the figures. It would seem that the summer months are over and with the winter settling in it could be time for the virus to come out.
So with winter on the way how are companies that offer things like luxury cruises going to be able to combat the virus if it hits one of their voyages?
Well the main thing they seem to be doing is cleaning every single part of the ship from top to bottom between each voyage. Of course they clean the ship anyway but now they seem to be spending a lot more time on everything and using more powerful cleaning products. Of course this is done to stop the risk of anyone else catching it.
If the worst thing happened and an outbreak was to happen then one of two things would actually happen. The infected are put into quarantine so that the rest of the ship is safe from getting the virus. They may actually stop people from leaving to go onto land if the outbreak gets really bad. Although this could potentially ruin your holiday it is very unlikely to happen and your money would more than likely be returned to you so do not worry if you are about to book one of those Oceania cruises
So when booking your river cruises, do not worry about swine flu as everything that can be done to stop it, is being done. Of course there are chances you can still catch the virus but it is often not the companies fault, you just need to make sure you sneeze into tissues and do all the sensible things to prevent giving it to someone if you think you have it.
Of course other means of travel such as air and train are also going through similar procedures so you do not need to worry about catching the virus when going away on holiday.
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