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A Freewinds cruise ship, owned and operated by the Church of Scientology, was reportedly the vessel quarantined in St. Lucia because of a confirmed case of Measles onboard.
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St. Lucia prevented passengers and crew from getting off a cruise ship at its port this week, after someone on the vessel was diagnosed with measles, according to a senior health official on the island.
“We thought it prudent that we quarantine the ship,” Dr. Merlene Fredericks-James, the Caribbean nation’s chief medical officer,ย announced this week, saying the decision was based on information from “two reputable sources that there was a confirmed case onboard a cruise ship” that arrived at the island Tuesday.
“Because of the risk of potential infection, not just from the confirmed measles case, but from other persons who may be on the boat at the time,” a quarantine was deemed the best course of action, she said.
In January, St. Lucia said it has been free of local transmission of measles since 1990.
The quarantine impacts nearly 300 passengers and crew aboard a ship called…
A Freewinds cruise ship, owned and operated by the Church of Scientology, was reportedly the vessel quarantined in St. Lucia because of a confirmed case of Measles onboard.
Church of Scientology
St. Lucia prevented passengers and crew from getting off a cruise ship at its port this week, after someone on the vessel was diagnosed with measles, according to a senior health official on the island.
“We thought it prudent that we quarantine the ship,” Dr. Merlene Fredericks-James, the Caribbean nation’s chief medical officer,ย announced this week, saying the decision was based on information from “two reputable sources that there was a confirmed case onboard a cruise ship” that arrived at the island Tuesday.
“Because of the risk of potential infection, not just from the confirmed measles case, but from other persons who may be on the boat at the time,” a quarantine was deemed the best course of action, she said.
In January, St. Lucia said it has been free of local transmission of measles since 1990.
The quarantine impacts nearly 300 passengers and crew aboard a ship called…
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