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Now that we have two nurses infected and one that traveled by plane ...should being out of the country be the only criteria?
By Alexa Ashwell
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Friday at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, a passenger on a domestic US Airways flight arrived late with a fever of about 100 degrees and complaining of nausea and chills, according to health officials in Mecklenburg County.
MEDIC, airport officials and Health Department officials were notified to ensure all passengers were safe.
An American Airlines spokesman said a woman became ill on US Airways Flight 1829.
"The pilot eventually came on and told us or the captain told us that she did not have Ebola and that she had not been out of the country,” said passenger C.J. Johnson.
The passenger with symptoms did not meet the case definition of Ebola, but in an abundance of caution was taken to Carolinas Medical Center for evaluation, officials said.
Since the passenger did not meet case definition, and no travel from West Africa was involved, the North Carolina State Health Department confirmed she did not have Ebola.
Passengers were stuck on the plane for more than two hours before being transferred to a different plane that took off around 8:45 p.m. for Tampa, Florida
Photo from CJ Johnson, passenger on board US airways flight 1829 to Tampa
Health officials meet plane in Charlotte after report of sick passenger
By Alexa Ashwell
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Friday at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, a passenger on a domestic US Airways flight arrived late with a fever of about 100 degrees and complaining of nausea and chills, according to health officials in Mecklenburg County.
MEDIC, airport officials and Health Department officials were notified to ensure all passengers were safe.
An American Airlines spokesman said a woman became ill on US Airways Flight 1829.
"The pilot eventually came on and told us or the captain told us that she did not have Ebola and that she had not been out of the country,” said passenger C.J. Johnson.
The passenger with symptoms did not meet the case definition of Ebola, but in an abundance of caution was taken to Carolinas Medical Center for evaluation, officials said.
Since the passenger did not meet case definition, and no travel from West Africa was involved, the North Carolina State Health Department confirmed she did not have Ebola.
Passengers were stuck on the plane for more than two hours before being transferred to a different plane that took off around 8:45 p.m. for Tampa, Florida.
Video at link:
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/health-officials-meet-plane-charlotte-after-report/nhmWx/
By Alexa Ashwell
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Friday at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, a passenger on a domestic US Airways flight arrived late with a fever of about 100 degrees and complaining of nausea and chills, according to health officials in Mecklenburg County.
MEDIC, airport officials and Health Department officials were notified to ensure all passengers were safe.
An American Airlines spokesman said a woman became ill on US Airways Flight 1829.
"The pilot eventually came on and told us or the captain told us that she did not have Ebola and that she had not been out of the country,” said passenger C.J. Johnson.
The passenger with symptoms did not meet the case definition of Ebola, but in an abundance of caution was taken to Carolinas Medical Center for evaluation, officials said.
Since the passenger did not meet case definition, and no travel from West Africa was involved, the North Carolina State Health Department confirmed she did not have Ebola.
Passengers were stuck on the plane for more than two hours before being transferred to a different plane that took off around 8:45 p.m. for Tampa, Florida
Photo from CJ Johnson, passenger on board US airways flight 1829 to Tampa
Health officials meet plane in Charlotte after report of sick passenger
By Alexa Ashwell
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Friday at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, a passenger on a domestic US Airways flight arrived late with a fever of about 100 degrees and complaining of nausea and chills, according to health officials in Mecklenburg County.
MEDIC, airport officials and Health Department officials were notified to ensure all passengers were safe.
An American Airlines spokesman said a woman became ill on US Airways Flight 1829.
"The pilot eventually came on and told us or the captain told us that she did not have Ebola and that she had not been out of the country,” said passenger C.J. Johnson.
The passenger with symptoms did not meet the case definition of Ebola, but in an abundance of caution was taken to Carolinas Medical Center for evaluation, officials said.
Since the passenger did not meet case definition, and no travel from West Africa was involved, the North Carolina State Health Department confirmed she did not have Ebola.
Passengers were stuck on the plane for more than two hours before being transferred to a different plane that took off around 8:45 p.m. for Tampa, Florida.
Video at link:
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/health-officials-meet-plane-charlotte-after-report/nhmWx/