Down With The 'Fluvia’
(N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, July 19. Influenza was rife in the Italian luxury liner Flavia during its first Pacific cruise from New Zealand. Almost one-third of the ship’s 650 passengers were bed-ridden with the bug, which they named “fluvia.” The 15,465-ton liner re-
turned to Auckland from the month long cruise on Saturday afternoon. The Flavla’s chief surgeon, Mr F. Geddo, said J the epidemic lasted little more than a week. “It was the 24-hour flu,” he said. “So although more than 200 passengers were affected, it took only a day or so off their sightseeing.”
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30497, 20 July 1964, Page 1
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100Down With The 'Fluvia’ Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30497, 20 July 1964, Page 1
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