Updates on two stories from the weekend:

Carnival Magic Back in Galveston —  (See our previous post.) After being refused entry into both Belize and Mexico, the Carnival Magic is back in its home port of Galveston. One passenger aboard the ship was a nurse who had handled lab specimens from Thomas Eric Duncan, who died of Ebola on October 8, at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Despite claims by media in Belize that the passenger had symptoms of Ebola, the nurse who quarantined herself in her stateroom, never had any symptoms and has since passed a blood test which showed no signs of Ebola.  As reported by the Washington Post: The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital employee and a partner boarded the ship Oct. 12 in Galveston before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated the requirement for active monitoring, the U.S. State Department said in a statement. Although the worker is healthy, the U.S. government had said it was working with the cruise line to get the ship back to America “out of an abundance of caution.”   The hospital published full page ads in two Texas newspapers in which Barclay Berdan, hospital CEO apologized for the numerous mistakes made in handling the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States.

Russian Ship Simushir Towed to Prince Rupert — (See our previous post.) The Russian general cargo ship Simushir broke down late Thursday night off the coast of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. The ship was drifting toward the coastal islands in a gale when the CCGS Gordon Reid, an offshore patrol vessel based in Victoria, British Columbia, reached her when she was only 15 km off the islands.  The Gordon Reid was able to tow the stricken ship 30 km farther offshore before each of her three tow lines parted. The US tug, Barbara Foss arrived on Saturday and was able to take the Simushir under tow. This morning, they are reported to have reached a safe harbor in Prince Rupert, Canada.