St Lucia Cruise Ship Measles Outbreak

A cruise ship known as Freewinds is reported to be quarantined off the shore of St Lucia in the Caribbean after an outbreak of measles.

St lucia cruise ship measles outbreak. Lucia Chief Medical Officer Merlene Fredericks-James said the ship with fewer than 300 passengers and crew had been quarantined for the immediate future. The 440-foot ship is docked at the Caribbean island of St Lucia but Dr Merlene Fredericks-James the islands chief medical officer says passengers have not been allowed to disembark over fears the infection could spread. The island of St Lucia has quarantined a cruise ship thought to belong to the Church of Scientology over an outbreak of measles on board.

The islands chief medical officer has barred any passengers or crew from leaving the boat while in port after a case of measles was diagnosed on the vessel. Authorities on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao have declared 290 crew and passengers on board Scientology cruise ship Freewinds measles free but warn a question mark still hangs over 28 others. A Symptomatic Problem Its not news that cruise ship operators have a contentious record in certain circles surrounding how they deal with injuries and issues of passenger safety aboard.

The vessel was quarantined in Saint Lucia on April 30 as local health officials worked to contain an outbreak of infectious measles. A US cruise ship has been placed in quarantine by the Caribbean island of St Lucia after a case of measles was reported on board the islands chief medical officer said. Lucia after health officials learned of a measles case on board.

But what might surprise you is. Lucia the countrys chief medical officer Dr. The Church of Scientology has its very own cruise ship - and nearly 300 passengers and crew members aboard were quarantined in St Lucia because of a measles outbreak during a recent trip on the.

Lucia since Monday morning after a crew member onboard was confirmed to have the measles. Lucia for an onboard measles outbreak. A female crew member had been determined to have contracted measles and the passengers and crew were ordered on Monday to not leave the ship.

A US cruise ship has been placed in quarantine by the Caribbean island of St Lucia after a case of measles was reported on board the islands chief medical officer said. May 2 2019. The coast guard named the ship as the Freewinds the name of a vessel owned and operated by the Church of Scientology in the Caribbean.