Mexico Lets Cruise Ship Dock as Crew Member Found to Have Flu, Not Coronavirus
By Anthony Esposito MEXICO CITY, Feb 26 (Reuters)– A cruise liner with greater than 6,000 individuals aboard was allowed on Wednesday to dock in Mexico after guests were rejected entrance in 2 Caribbean ports because of worries, later on disproven, that a staff participant was contaminated with the coronavirus.
Global cruise ship driver MSC Cruises claimed that Mexican authorities accepted its ship MSC Meraviglia to dock inCozumel The vessel, which began a scenic tour of the western Caribbean from Miami, was because of show up late on Wednesday or Thursday.
Jamaica as well as Grand Cayman had actually previously disallowed guests of the ship from getting off on worries that staff participant, that has actually given that been identified with usual seasonal influenza, may have been contaminated with the coronavirus.
Cruise ships have actually remained in the limelight after verified situations of the coronavirus on the British- signed up Diamond Princess came close to 700 with 3 fatalities given that the ship anchored at a Japanese port onFeb 3.
A paper from Mexico’s Health Ministry examined by Reuters claimed the MSC Meraviglia had actually been provided “free pratique,” or authorization to get in the Cozumel port based upon the analysis that it offered no danger of spreading out condition.
It was unclear whether the ship’s guests would certainly be enabled to get off in Cozumel.
MSC Cruises claimed the individual with the seasonal influenza was separated for safety steps however that nothing else situations of kind A flu have actually been uncovered aboard– as well as no coronavirus infections have actually been reported on any one of its ships.
“The crew member who was diagnosed with common seasonal flu is in a stable condition, receiving anti-viral treatment and medication, and is now free of fever and nearly recovered,” it claimed.
Alejandra Aguirre, health and wellness assistant of Quintana Roo state, where the Caribbean island of Cozumel lies, claimed, “We have information regarding the patient and fortunately it is not a case of coronavirus.”
Coronavirus, thought to have actually come from the Chinese city of Wuhan late in 2014, has actually contaminated concerning 80,000 individuals as well as eliminated greater than 2,700, many in China.
However, greater than 30 nations have actually given that reported situations with significant episodes in South Korea, Iran as well asItaly (Reporting by Anthony Esposito as well as Diego Ore; Additional coverage by Lizbeth Diaz, Ana Isabel Martinez as well as Stefanie Eschenbacher; Editing by Drazen Jorgic, Bill Berkrot as well as Cynthia Osterman)
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