Majority of 318 passengers are not vaccinated for measles, according to reports.
Curacao epidemiologist Dr. Izzy Gerstenbluth told the Associated Press that everyone has been cooperating and the mood on the ship is “good.”
Continuing the quarantine is a “standard public health procedure,” said William Schaffner, a professor specializing in infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University. It may be days until officials know with certainty if more people have been infected, because it takes 10 to 14 days for measles symptoms to appear.
For extra caution, it is common to add another week to a quarantine to be safe, Schaffner said, bringing the total quarantine time to 21 days. The ship has been quarantined for nearly a week after health authorities on St. Lucia confirmed a female crew member from Europe was infected with measles. While in St. Lucia, the ship’s doctor requested 100 doses of the vaccine. If taken within 72 hours of exposure, the vaccine can prevent the disease even if the infected person had not been previously vaccinated, Schaffner said.
Only one case has been confirmed so far, but if more people are infected, the quarantine would extend even longer, Schaffner added.
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