Bird-Flu Fears Prompt Discussions at LAX
Seventy-five officials from 30 local, federal and state agencies met Thursday to plan what to do if a passenger with a communicable disease arrives at Los Angeles International Airport.
Officials are devising the plan because health officials fear that a deadly strain of bird flu could mutate into a form that could be transmitted among humans.
The 5 1/2 -hour closed-door session helped health, law enforcement and airport authorities develop a plan for how LAX would quarantine arriving passengers for at least 48 hours. The plan is scheduled to be finished next month.
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