TOURISTS BACK IN TEXAS FROM CRUISE SHIP CARRYING WOMAN MONITORED FOR EBOLA (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Sunday, October 19, 2014, 11:52

Holidaymakers often feel regret at the end of a vacation, but the prevailing sentiment was more like relief among many of the passengers who stepped off the Carnival Magic after an Ebola scare prompted a tense climax to their cruise.

The ship docked as normal in Galveston early on Sunday after a seven-day journey through the Gulf of Mexico. But the past few days were anything but ordinary for those on board, especially for one couple.

A lab worker from the Dallas hospital who may have handled specimens collected from the first person to be given a diagnosis of Ebola in the US, Thomas Eric Duncan, went into voluntary quarantine in her cabin along with her husband last Wednesday, after the cruise operator was told by federal authorities that she was on board and tighter travel protocols were being introduced.

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/19/ebola-cruise-ship-returns-texas-woman-quarantine