Contaminated water tanks on an old cruise ship being used as emergency accommodation in the Netherlands caused a large outbreak of typhoid fever in spring 2022, according to a report to be presented at the upcoming European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. An investigatio
n traced the source of the outbreak to a common wall between the freshwater and wastewater tanks, which had corroded and allowed sewage containing the bacteria that cause typhoid fever to leak into the drinking water and food preparation facilities. 72 cases were confirmed among asylum seekers and staff, all of whom recovered after treatment.
Seventy-two cases of typhoid were confirmed in the spring 2022 outbreak on the Liberty Ann, an old cruise ship that was being used as emergency accommodation in Haarlem for asylum seekers. A common wall between freshwater and wastewater tanks was severely corroded, allowing sewage containing the bacteria that causes typhoid fever to leak into the freshwater supply, which was then used for drinking water and food preparation. Credit: Tanja Hartog
On April 6, 2022, the municipal health service in Kennemerland was notified about an ongoing outbreak of fever and abdominal complaints on the Liberty Ann.
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