A health official in New Brunswick, Canada,
says food poisoning has hospitalized the majority of the crew from a ship in
the port of Saint John, CTV News reports.
Dr Muecke says they are being monitored
closely because the particular type of food poisoning can have neurological and
heart-related symptoms.
Dr Cristin Muecke says 14 of 19 crew
members are in serious but stable condition at Saint John Regional Hospital
after eating toxic fish on the ship Saturday.
She says the tainted fish was caught in
international waters and there is no risk to the public.
Dr Muecke says the recovery time will depend
on the amount of toxin consumed but could take up to several weeks.
Kevin Creighton with Furncan Marine, the
agent for the vessel, says the ship involved is the Panama-registered Balsa 85
and the crew is from the Philippines.
Creighton says the five healthy crew
members remain on board and he expects the vessel to leave port once the others
are out of hospital.
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