A cruise ship is due to measles to the temporary prison
The cruise ship “Freewinds”, the controversial Scientology organization with more than 300 people on Board is currently under quarantine after measles broke out on the ship. The ship is currently being held on the Caribbean island of Curaçao. Passengers are not allowed to leave for a week the ship.
22. April 2019, a crew reported a member of the ship’s doctor with cold symptoms. A blood sample was taken and to the nearby Aruba sent, where on 29. April have been confirmed with measles. Since then, the ship was placed under quarantine until the exact number of measles is found to be Diseased.
Passengers and Crew are not allowed to leave the ship
A small team of Doctors to the epidemiologist Dr. Izzy Gerstenbluth came to pass that on to the ship and took the crew and passengers, 277 blood samples were sent to the Netherlands for investigation. The results will be on Wednesday, 08. May 2019 expected. Who can not have any measles vaccination, is not allowed to leave until then, the ship. “If we were to allow, we risk that the measles spread to places where the risk of serious complications is much greater, especially if we are talking about poor countries where people have less defenses,” said the epidemiologist to the news Agency “Associated Press”.
The Odyssey of Scientology ship
According to media reports, the measles were on the 29. April confirmed. At this time, the ship on the way to St. Lucia. The Ministry of health of Curaçao alarmed just in time, the authorities in St. Lucia, which prevented the passengers and the crew left the ship. On Saturday, the 04. May was sent the “free winds” then, finally, to Curaçao, where the passengers are now waiting for the results of the blood samples. According to Dr. Gerstenbluth, the Dutch health authorities and the Pan American Health Organization will make the decision, when the passengers and crew members can move freely again.
Scientology denied opinion
A total of 318 people on Board of the ship. Scientology gives no opinion on the incident. According to the website, in the ship “Freewinds” to a “religious retreat that serves the most advanced level of spiritual counseling.” (vb)