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Cozumel Mexico: Cruise Ship Denied Access, carrying passenger with possible exposure to Ebola

washingtonpost.com reported the cruise ship carrying a Texas health-care worker who “may have” handled lab specimens from Dallas Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan is headed back to the United States after Mexican authorities failed to grant permission for the ship to dock off the coast of Cozumel, according to a Carnival spokeswoman.

The Carnival Magic had been waiting off the Mexican coast since Friday morning for its scheduled port visit. Mexican authorities still hadn’t given clearance by noon, so the ship continued to its home port of Galveston, Tex., where it was due back on Sunday, according to Carnival. Read Article

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Two new cases registerd of Chikungunya Virus in Nicaragua

prensa-latina.cu reported Nicaraguan authorities reported today on the detection of two new cases of chikungunya, which amounts to 35 the number of people affected by this disease. The Coordinator of the Council for communication and citizenship, Rosario Murillo, said a contact through local television which is a 55-year-old man and a woman of 34, both […]

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EBOLA: Those travelling from infected countries in Africa barred from entering Colombia

lainfo.es reported Colombia’s government said Tuesday it will restrict access to its territory to all persons who have been in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria during the last month as a measure to prevent the arrival of Ebola in the country. Information outlined in the Colombian Foreign Ministry Radio Caracol require that national interests […]

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Tips for Safe Travel

No Matter how seasoned traveler you are, these are excellent tips to review and help keep you safe during your journeys. vagabondjourney.com / Wade Shepard – Top Travel Safety Tips Disaster often makes for good travel stories, but it’s not how many people wish to spend their vacations. By following the below tips you can […]

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West Africa: WHO warns Ebola may infect up to 10,000 people

israelnationalnews.com reported Ebola now at 70% – not 50% – mortality rate as epidemic deepens, with 9,000 total infections expected by weekend and 4,447 dead. The World Health Organization released an updated projection on Tuesday of the Ebola epidemic gripping the globe, and warned that by December the lethal virus may infect as many as […]

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Chikungunya virus arrives in Tahiti

fr.reuters.com reporte that Chikungunya virus made its appearance on the island of Tahiti, announced the Presidency of French Polynesia. An investigation was opened after reporting several people with joint pain and fever, sometimes accompanied by skin eruptions. The analyses were used to say it was chikungunya in a couple of cases, mainly in the commune […]

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Argentina develops method to diagnose Ebola virus in less than 24 hours

(EFE).-Argentina has developed a diagnostic method of molecular biology that allows to diagnose or rule out ebola virus in less than 24 hours, the Argentine Ministry of Health reported today in a release. The method was developed by the Malbrán Institute of the mailing date of viral genetic material from a focal point of the […]

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First Possible Case of Ebola Virus in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, October 10 (RIA Novosti) – The first suspected case of Ebola has been reported in Brazil where a man from Guinea, one of the affected West African countries, was hospitalized overnight with symptoms consistent with the lethal Ebola virus disease, the Brazilian Health Ministry said. The 47-year-old was taken to an isolated […]

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Spain: First confirmed case of Ebola in Europe, nurse cared for deceased missionary

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Cabo San Lucas, La Paz Mexico: Mass confusion, tourists from U.S. remain stranded

REPORT FROM SIX US TOURISTS CURRENTLY STRANDED IN CABO SAN LUCAS AND LAPAZ MEXICO On September 17, 2014, six U.S. tourists vacationing in Cabo del Sol have received no notification from any Mexican or U.S. authorities on what steps to evacuate. They went to a nearby hotel on this date and were told there is […]

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