New Orleans Mayor Nagin Quarantined In China

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Source: http://www.kcci.com/health/19683763/detail.html

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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China Quarantines New Orleans Mayor Nagin on Swine Flu Concerns

China Quarantines New Orleans Mayor Nagin on Swine Flu Concerns

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aj_PO4BiUwSs&refer=us

By Bloomberg News

June 8 (Bloomberg) -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was quarantined in Shanghai yesterday after another passenger on his flight was suspected by Chinese authorities of having swine flu.

Nagin doesn?t have any symptoms, is being treated with ?utmost courtesy,? and remains in contact with his staff, the mayor?s office said in an e-mailed statement. He arrived in Shanghai on June 5 for on an economic-development trip.

China has instituted temperature checks at airports, quarantined foreign arrivals and halted pork imports from countries with infections in a bid to contain the spread of the disease. The nation had confirmed 73 infections as of June 6, with no fatalities, according to the Ministry of Health.

Nagin is also scheduled to travel to Sydney, where he is to lead a panel discussion on climate change at the 2009 National Summit of the United States Studies Center at the University of Sydney. His schedule may now be altered, the mayor?s office said. It didn?t say how long Nagin may be quarantined.

Six Americans in China have been confirmed to have the disease as of June 1, said Richard Buangan, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

To contact the reporter on this story: John Liu in Shanghai at jliu42@bloomberg.net
Last Updated: June 8, 2009 01:39 EDT