Passengers were not allowed out of the plane at the airport in New York because of fear that one boy had measles

Because of the fear of infection with measles, passengers of a JetBlue flight that flew from the Dominican Republic to New York were detained on an airplane and were not allowed into the terminal, as there was a Jewish boy on board with occasional rashes on his face, who were mistaken for measles. These were traces of mosquito bites.

JetBlue 410 flight landed at JFK 28 airport on April about 21: 00, but the passengers were not released from the aircraft, because the airport administration received a message about the need for emergency medical care on board, writes NBC New York.

As a precaution, the administration temporarily isolated the aircraft, and examined the passengers. Shortly thereafter, the landing was made in the normal mode, according to a statement from JetBlue.

Some passengers said they were not exactly informed about what was happening, but it was rumored that someone might be sick with measles.

“Some guy who looked like a medic arrived wearing a mask, and the airport policeman looked at the child and decided it was probably mosquito bites,” one passenger said.

On the subject: Why has measles returned to the US

The director of the Pesach program said that he organized a trip for Orthodox families, and the JetBlue crew saw an orthodox boy with mosquito bites and mistakenly called him sick measles.

As of Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 704 cases of measles in the United States since the start of 2019, the most since 1994. More than half of these cases are in New York.

Measles is a highly contagious disease. Its symptoms include rash, fever, cough, and watery eyes. According to the CDC, the current outbreaks are linked to travelers who brought measles from Israel, Ukraine and the Philippines. All of these countries are currently experiencing large measles outbreaks.

On the subject: An increase in the incidence of measles in the US is close to the 20-year record

The data is not always consistent because it comes from different sources—local, state, and federal. According to some reports, from October to April 25, there were 390 confirmed cases of measles in Brooklyn and Queens. Rockland County has 29 confirmed cases as of April 202.

Last month, Rockland hit the headlines of national newspapers, banning the appearance of unvaccinated children and teenagers in public places. This ban, along with an emergency situation in New York involving four districts in Brooklyn, remains in force. Ocean County in New Jersey reported dozens of confirmed cases of measles. Outbreaks are also noted in Washington, Michigan and California.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• The authorities of New York announced emergency mode in health care because of a measles outbreak among Orthodox Jews of Brooklyn.
• Measles outbreak in Washington state led to the introduction of a state of emergency due to the fact that the increase in the number of vaccination opponents contributed to the mass spread of the virus.
• 18 March Court in New York refused to allow unvaccinated children to school.
• 27 March New York Introduced state of emergency due to a measles outbreak. Residents are offered free vaccinations.

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