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Air Travel Restricted for Public Health Purposes ? United States, June 2007-May 2008
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has partnered with the Department of Homeland Security to prevent commercial air travel of persons with known communicable diseases that pose a serious public health threat by developing a national Do Not Board list.
Under this program, state and local health officials can request that persons who are believed to be contagious and nonadherent with instructions against travel on commercial airline flights be placed on a national public health Do Not Board list.
Beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008, 33 persons were placed on the Do Not Board list, all of these for suspected or confirmed infectious tuberculosis.
PRESS CONTACT: Division of Media Relations
(404) 639-3286
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has partnered with the Department of Homeland Security to prevent commercial air travel of persons with known communicable diseases that pose a serious public health threat by developing a national Do Not Board list.
CDC recommends that persons known to have communicable diseases that pose a serious public health threat, such as infectious tuberculosis, refrain from traveling by any public conveyance.
To strengthen national preparedness and prevent the possibility of exposure to these contagious diseases during air travel, in June 2007, the CDC began a partnership with the Department of Homeland Security to prevent persons with diseases posing a serious public health threat from boarding commercial airline flights. Under this program, state and local health officials can request that persons who are believed to be contagious and nonadherent with instructions against travel on commercial airline flights be placed on a national public health Do Not Board list.
Beginning June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008, 33 persons were placed on the Do Not Board list, all of these for suspected or confirmed infectious tuberculosis.
