Air Traveler Quarantined, Passengers Warned
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 05.29.07 | 8:55 PM ET
It’s being widely reported, but in case you missed it: An unidentified man with a particularly dangerous form of tuberculosis who took two trans-Atlantic flights earlier this month has been quarantined and U.S. health officials are suggesting cabin staff and passengers seated near the man be tested for tuberculosis. According to the AP, “The infected man flew from Atlanta to Paris on May 12 aboard Air France Flight 385. He returned to North America on May 24 aboard Czech Air Flight 0104 from Prague to Montreal.” He’s now in isolation in a hospital in Atlanta. It’s the first U.S. government-mandated quarantine in more than 40 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site has a transcript of the agency’s briefing on the case.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
