East Kilbride Foreign Office worker leads the way in Cuban coronavirus rescue mission
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dailyrecord.co.ukAn East Kilbride Foreign Office worker helped rescue hundreds of stranded Brits from a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Cuba.
Scott Simpson, 49, originally from Greenhills and whose parents still live in the town, was part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) rapid deployment team.The mission was to rescue 671 vulnerable British passengers and 13 foreign nationals stranded on the Fred Olsen cruise ship Braemar.He was a team leader for the deployment to Havana and was among 17 Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) officials, alongside members of the British Red Cross and army medics.A number of people on the ship had tested positive for coronavirus or had begun showing its symptoms – a new continuous cough or a high fever.
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