Cruise ship quarantined for swine flu in Venezuela
Pastor Dale Morgan
Cruise ship quarantined for swine flu in Venezuela*
The Ocean Dream cruise ship sits docked near Guamache port in Margarita
Island, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Venezuelan authorities are
forcing the cruise's passengers and crew to remain onboard for 10 days
while health officials monitor crew members who have tested positive for
swine flu.
The Associated Press
Wednesday, June 17, 2009; 8:56 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela has quarantined the passengers and crew
of a visiting cruise ship for 10 days after three crew members tested
positive for swine flu.
Health official Jorge Alchaer says 1,219 passengers and 460 crew members
of Ocean Dream are still on board. The ship is moored off Venezuela's
Margarita Island, a popular Caribbean destination.
Ocean Dream is managed by Spanish tour operator Pullmantur. The
passengers' nationalities were not immediately known.
Three crew members tested positive for swine flu during the cruise,
which also stopped in Trinidad and Tobago. Eleven more have symptoms.
The affected crew members are being examined.
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Venezuela has reported 60 swine flu cases.
Alchaer spoke to The Associated Press Wednesday.