State health officials have declared a “public health emergency” after a passenger on a flight from Chicago to Des Moines tested positive for measles. Doctor Patricia Quinlisk, with the Iowa Department of Public Health, says the resident of Dallas County may have exposed others to the disease. She says the person was likely exposed to the measles in India and started coming down with the symptoms on the way back to Iowa.
The American Airlines plane (Flight AA3965) departed from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport at 11:55 a.m. on May 11 and arrived in Des Moines at 1:05 p.m. “While it landed in central Iowa, the passengers on that plane could be from all over Iowa,” Quinlisk said. “The plane did go to Chicago, so there could be people in Illinois or came into Iowa on other airplanes.” Iowans or others who were on the plane are encouraged to check their vaccination records.
24/05/11 Pat Curtis/Radio Iowa
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