Disney Cruise Line notifies customers of crewmember with measles
Tue Aug 27 10:18:00 2002 GMT
PORT CANAVERAL (WTSP-TV) -- The Disney Cruise Line has sent almost 15,000 letters to customers alerting them that a crewmember came down with German measles during a cruise on its ship Wonder earlier this month.
A spokesman said the letters were sent out to customers who had sailed in the two weeks prior to the August 4th to August 8th cruise and to customers who were planning to sail in the month after the cruise.
The customers represented 17 sailings on the 877-room ship, which makes three trips a week between Port Canaveral and the Bahamas.
Most U.S. residents are inoculated for German measles, also known as rubella. Pregnant women are most at risk from exposure because the disease can cause serious birth defects. Symptoms include a rash, fever, aching joints and headache. The incubation period is 23 days.
No new cases of the illness have been reported by guests or crewmembers.
Tue Aug 27 10:18:00 2002 GMT
PORT CANAVERAL (WTSP-TV) -- The Disney Cruise Line has sent almost 15,000 letters to customers alerting them that a crewmember came down with German measles during a cruise on its ship Wonder earlier this month.
A spokesman said the letters were sent out to customers who had sailed in the two weeks prior to the August 4th to August 8th cruise and to customers who were planning to sail in the month after the cruise.
The customers represented 17 sailings on the 877-room ship, which makes three trips a week between Port Canaveral and the Bahamas.
Most U.S. residents are inoculated for German measles, also known as rubella. Pregnant women are most at risk from exposure because the disease can cause serious birth defects. Symptoms include a rash, fever, aching joints and headache. The incubation period is 23 days.
No new cases of the illness have been reported by guests or crewmembers.