Friday, April 27, 2012

Taking precautions to prevent contagion


With the recent outbreak of viruses such as SARS, bird flu and swine flu, officials and travelers are being extra careful about preventing the illnesses from being transmitted. NBC’s Kevin Tibbles reports.
>>as you may know, there was a scare at chicago midwear airport. emergency vehicles surrounded a delta flight that had come in from detroit. it was kept on the tarmac while the passengers were quarantined as a precaution. turned out to be a false alarm, but it's a good reminder of what is supposed to happen in a situation like that. our report from nbc's kevin tibbles.
>>two and a half hours of high anxiety for passengers onboard delta flight 3163.
>>a bit of panic. everyone was pulling their shirts over their faces.
>>panic over concerns a passenger onboard the flight to m midway had contracted monkey pox on a trip to africa.
>>they're bringing a guy on wearing a mask to evaluate one of the passengers.
>>the jet was quarantined on the runway, surrounded by emergency personnel.
>>two men came on. with protective gear. they spoke with the passenger in question. they took photographs.
>>the passenger, lisa sievers, had been in uganda and picked up nasty bed bug bites but fortunately....
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