Mexico City.
The Mexican authorities gave permission to dock a tourist cruise on the island of Cozumel and that I couldn’t stop at Jamaica nor in the Cayman Islands after confirming that one of his workers suffers a case of flu And not from coronavirus
The captain of cruise “MSC Meraviglia” had been notified in the first instance that he was not authorized to dock at Cozumel, but soon after the decision was reversed and he was given notice that he could Rob as scheduled.
“The cancellation notice sent previously is invalidated due to the rectification of the arrival by International Health in Cozumel, Quintana Roo”, Says an official document in Efe’s possession.
The same document authorizes the cruise to use the “Outside Band of the Punta Langosta cruise terminal”, in Cozumel, from 21.30 local time on February 26 (03.30 GMT on February 27) and until 18.00 local time on February 27 (00.00 GMT on Friday, February 28).
The cruise where about 6,000 people travel had already been previously rejected in Cayman Islands and Jamaica.
They discard coronavirus
At a press conference he offered at Chetumal, the secretary of Health of Quintana Roo, Alejandra Aguirre Crespo, announced that they were notified that the sick person on board the cruise was negative at clinic tests and only presents a picture of influenza.
“The notification of arrival of a cruise from Jamaica, which supposedly had a passenger with symptom of a respiratory disease sharp We already have information about the patient, fortunately it is not a case of coronavirus ”, Alejandra Aguirre Crespo reported.
The tourist cruise ship “MSC Meraviglia” takes a tour of the Caribbean with 4,500 passengers and a crew of 1,600 people
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It is expected that docking in Cozumel This same Wednesday night although the passengers could not leave it for at least a few hours, being under observation.
The accumulated of deceased so far in China for the outbreak of coronavirus from Wuhan, cause of the disease COVID-19, stands at 2,715 and confirmed cases, at 78,064, according to the latest balance sheet offered by the National Health Commission.
The coronavirus It has spread, in addition to its origin in China, to many other countries such as South Korea, Japan, Italy, Iran, France, Germany, Spain, Croatia, the United States and now also to Latin America, in Brazil. EFE
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