eaststandbaggie Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Swine flu cruise ship quarantined Venezuela has quarantined a visiting cruise ship following an outbreak of swine flu on board. More than 1,200 passengers and crew will be kept on board the Spanish-owned Ocean Dream, which has docked at the Venezuelan island of Margarita. They were stopped from disembarking at previous stops in Barbados and Grenada after three crew members were diagnosed with the flu virus. Eleven more crew members are reported to have symptoms. "The virus was detected in three crew members and the boat must now stay in quarantine until June 24," said Venezuelan health official Jorge Alchaer. Ocean Dream is managed by the Spanish tour operator Pullmantur. Miami-based Royal Caribbean, which owns Pullmantur, said it could not comment on the situation. The passengers' nationalities were not immediately known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebbieandJerry Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 There was another ship in this morning's paper that also quaranteened the entire ship due to crew illness. This one, I recall, was somewhere close to the Mediterranean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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