10/20/2014

Carnival cruiseship Ebola virus panic

Carnival cruiseship MV Carnival Magic has returned to the US after being refused entry to Belize in an Ebola scare.
128,000-gt Carnival Magic (built 2011) docked in Galveston on Sunday after being turned away last week due to the presence of a Texas lab supervisor who may have handled lab specimens from virus victim Thomas Eric Duncan.
But the health worker, a woman, has now tested negative for Ebola, US reports said.
Carnival said it was informed of the result by health authorities on Sunday morning.
4,000 passengers were on the MV Carnival Magic where the worker was quarantined as a precaution, despite showing no symptoms.
MV Carnival Magic was also refused permission to dock in Cozumel, Mexico.