Swine Flu Won’t Impact Cruises To Mexico

Alabama Mobile  Carnival Cruise Lines says  it will not be making any adjustments to its itineraries eventhough the CDC is advising Americans to avoid nonessential travel to Mexico.
by WKRG Staff/The Associated Press
Published: Mon, April 27, 2009 - 1:57 pm CST Last Updated: Mon, April 27, 2009 - 2:12 pm CST
MIAMI (AP) - Carnival Cruise Lines says the swine flu outbreak
has not affected its trips to Mexico from ports in the United
States.
The company said in a statement Monday that it will not be
making any adjustments to its itineraries and that no guests on
Carnival's ships have been reported having swine flu symptoms.

Statement From Carnival Cruise Lines
"There are currently no reported cases of swine influenza on Carnival ships or in any of the ports that we visit in Mexico. We are consulting closely with public health officials and government agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Department of Homeland Security to monitor the situation.

Carnival enforces the highest of standards for cleaning and sanitation on all of our ships to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. We have well trained medical staff, expansive reporting and surveillance capabilities onboard. Working with U.S. public health officials in the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program, we have extensive practices and procedures that are effective in mitigating illness aboard our ships.

We do not anticipate that our guests' cruise experience will be impacted by this type of illness and will not be making any adjustments to our itineraries at this time."


Carnival, based in Miami, has cruises to Mexico from ports in
Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas and California.

Customs officials at airports, seaports and border crossings are
watching people entering U.S. territories for signs of the illness.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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why should they? the stomach flu they are serving up has not stoped the whats a little pig flu to them.

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