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North Korea fires 'projectiles', South Korea says stop raising tensions
Scientology cruise ship faces renewed quarantine at home port in Curacao
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North Korea fires 'projectiles', South Korea says stop raising tensions

Posted: 04 May 2019 12:44 PM PDT

The South Korean military initially described it as a missile launch, but subsequently gave a more vague description. The latest firing came after the North's test of what it called a tactical guided weapons system in April. Analysts suspected the flurry of military activity by Pyongyang was an attempt to exert pressure on the United States to give ground in negotiations to end the North's nuclear program after a summit in February ended in failure.

Scientology cruise ship faces renewed quarantine at home port in Curacao

Posted: 04 May 2019 06:42 AM PDT

A team of health officers in Curacao plans to board the vessel to determine who aboard may have been exposed to a crew member diagnosed with measles and who aboard has previously been vaccinated against the highly contagious disease, the official said. Dr. Izzy Gerstenbluth, chief epidemiologist for the Curacao Biomedical and Health Research Institute, said passengers and crew who can prove they were already vaccinated or have had measles in the past would likely be free to disembark "and go about their business." Others would likely be restricted from leaving the vessel for the duration of the incubation period - the time during which they could potentially transmit the disease to others, he told Reuters by telephone. "There is no other way than ... by not allowing anyone who may be infected off the ship." Incubation can last up to 21 days after exposure, with infected individuals most contagious from four days before the onset of tell-tale measles rash - while the person is experiencing cold-like symptoms - to four days after the rash appears.