UK will not ban swine flu cruiseships

David Osler - Friday 12 June 2009

The Dawn Princess

THE UK will not follow the lead of Australia and other countries in banning cruiseships that suffer flu outbreaks from entering ports, a senior public health source has confirmed.

Nicol Black, who is responsible for port health matters at the Health Protection Agency, described such a policy as an “over-reaction”, and questioned whet...

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