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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Flu Scare at Auckland Airport

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Following up from this post, there is an ongoing Flu scare at Auckland airport right now:

A major health response is under way after an Air New Zealand plane landed at Auckland Airport with children with flu-like symptoms on-board. A group of 73 children arrived into Auckland off NZ90 from Narita, Tokyo, at 9.20am this morning with the symptoms. Air New Zealand is following public health procedures and has advised the Auckland Regional Public Health Service. The Boeing 777-200 has 274 passengers on-board, and no-one has been allowed to exit the aircraft.             
                  
Medical staff are now on board the plane.
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3 comments:

  1. Divine TheatreFebruary 12, 2012 at 6:43 PM

    What am I missing? All this for the flu?

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  2. LC DouglassFebruary 12, 2012 at 9:05 PM

    Thanks for your comment, Divine; you may find my earlier post (linked at the beginning of this one) of interest. Also these links on the fears of pandemic, as opposed to the normal forms of influenza:

    http://www.pandemicflu.gov/pandemic/about/index.html

    http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/index.html

    http://outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com/home.php

    There are swine and bird flu outbreaks right now in Russia, Asia and Mexico, with cases in the USA and elsewhere.

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  3. LC DouglassFebruary 12, 2012 at 9:33 PM

    Here is the outcome - a false alarm:
    http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/passengers-cleared-after-health-scare-auckland-airport-4717991

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