Officials fighting US measles outbreaks threaten to use rare air travel ban
Health officials in 5 states have warned people believed to be infected with measles and planning to travel that they could prevent them from getting on planes. Eight individuals agreed to cancel their flights after learning the officials could ask the federal govt to place them on a Do Not Board List managed by the CDC, said Martin Cetron, director of the agency’s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, which tracks disease outbreaks. “The deterrent effect is huge,” he said. The US is experiencing a record number of measles cases this year – 880 cases have been reported in 24 states. The outbreaks are occurring because vaccination coverage globally and domestically is faltering. Global travel is playing an enormous role in spreading one of the most infectious pathogens from one location to the next. <br/>
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Officials fighting US measles outbreaks threaten to use rare air travel ban
Health officials in 5 states have warned people believed to be infected with measles and planning to travel that they could prevent them from getting on planes. Eight individuals agreed to cancel their flights after learning the officials could ask the federal govt to place them on a Do Not Board List managed by the CDC, said Martin Cetron, director of the agency’s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, which tracks disease outbreaks. “The deterrent effect is huge,” he said. The US is experiencing a record number of measles cases this year – 880 cases have been reported in 24 states. The outbreaks are occurring because vaccination coverage globally and domestically is faltering. Global travel is playing an enormous role in spreading one of the most infectious pathogens from one location to the next. <br/>
