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NO Mayor Nagin Quarantined In China
Fellow Airline Passenger Could Have H1N1 Virus
POSTED: 3:24 pm CDT June 7, 2009
UPDATED: 3:34 pm CDT June 7, 2009
NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife were quarantined in China Sunday after a fellow airline passenger showed symptoms of swine flu, the mayor?s office confirmed.
Nagin had traveled to Shanghai on Friday on an economic development trip, said his director of communications, Ceeon D. Quiett.
The airline passenger was undergoing quarantine and treatment for the H1N1 virus. The Nagins, plus one member of the mayor?s protection unit, were placed ?in a designated quarantine location in Shanghai and they remain symptom-free,? Quiett said in a statement.
?The Mayor is being treated with utmost courtesy by Chinese officials,? according to the statement.
Nagin is still scheduled to travel to Sydney, Australia, where he is to deliver an address at the 2009 National Summit of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
The statement said Nagin?s travel schedule may have to be altered. It was not immediately clear how long the mayor would remain in quarantine.
Nagin gained national attention as mayor of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.
NO Mayor Nagin Quarantined In China
Fellow Airline Passenger Could Have H1N1 Virus
POSTED: 3:24 pm CDT June 7, 2009
UPDATED: 3:34 pm CDT June 7, 2009
NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife were quarantined in China Sunday after a fellow airline passenger showed symptoms of swine flu, the mayor?s office confirmed.
Nagin had traveled to Shanghai on Friday on an economic development trip, said his director of communications, Ceeon D. Quiett.
The airline passenger was undergoing quarantine and treatment for the H1N1 virus. The Nagins, plus one member of the mayor?s protection unit, were placed ?in a designated quarantine location in Shanghai and they remain symptom-free,? Quiett said in a statement.
?The Mayor is being treated with utmost courtesy by Chinese officials,? according to the statement.
Nagin is still scheduled to travel to Sydney, Australia, where he is to deliver an address at the 2009 National Summit of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
The statement said Nagin?s travel schedule may have to be altered. It was not immediately clear how long the mayor would remain in quarantine.
Nagin gained national attention as mayor of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.
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