MEASLES:The Centers for Disease Control said it is monitoring 852 people who might have had contact with a woman diagnosed with the highly contagious virus
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 06, 2018
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Low-cost carrier Tigerair Taiwan (台灣虎航) yesterday denied that it had tried to cover up
Ground crew work by a plane belonging to low-cost carrier Tigerair Taiwan at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on May 22 last year. Photo: Tony Yao, Taipei Times
that two of its flight attendants had measles.
Tigerair Taiwan said in a statement yesterday that it has never purposely put ill crew members on duty and that it immediately canceled the two staff members’ upcoming flights once they exhibited symptoms of measles.
One staff member had sought medical attention several times since the onset of the symptoms, but he was misdiagnosed with a cold, the carrier said, adding that he was immediately quarantined after being listed as a suspected measles case on Monday.
A passenger list of those who could have had contact with the infected crew members has been sent to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the airline said. [FULL STORY]
