Measles Cruise Ship 2019

Lucia decided to issue the quarantine after reputable sources revealed someone on the ship had the measles reports CNN.

Measles cruise ship 2019. Merlene Fredericks-James the chief medical officer of St. Authorities in the eastern Caribbean island have quarantined the ship after discovering a confirmed case of measles aboard. A CRUISE ship stopping off at Saint Lucia has been detained due to a suspected outbreak of measles.

There has also been an increase in infections worldwideAnd now an outbreak has occurred on a cruise ship reportedly owned. Cruise ship has been placed in quarantine in St. Lucias chief medical officer Dr.

News May 3 2019 Cruise ship quarantined for measles on the move The Church of Scientology-owned Freewinds is headed to Curacao after one confirmed case of measles was found onboard. The Department of Health and Wellness continues to address the matter involving a confirmed case of measles on board a cruise ship which entered our ports on. 91 of people on Scientology cruise ship immune from measles and free to move By Kareem El Damanhoury and Susannah Cullinane CNN Updated 0738 GMT 1538 HKT May 12.

Lucia quarantined a cruise ship on the island for several days after identifying a confirmed case of measles on board a health official said. A measles outbreak on a cruise ship off the island of St. Lucia since Monday morning after a crew member onboard was confirmed to have the measles.

As a result Health authorities in St. Lucia has led to a quarantine of all passengers onboard. The Freewinds cruise ship is docked in the port of Castries the capital of St.

Health officials in St. The ship carrying 300 passengers was ordered to stay in St Lucias port and passengers were ordered to stay on board Dr. Because cruise ships typically do not have onboard diagnostic capability for measles activities to control transmission of possible measles on the ship need to start before the laboratory results are known.