China Springs Nagin After Swine Flu Scare

Quarantine lifted, New Orleans mayor, wife leave Shanghai
By Marie Morris,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 10, 2009 10:23 AM CDT

CNN reports on New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin's confinement in Shanghai.
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Ray Nagin prepared to leave Shanghai today after four days in quarantine imposed after possible exposure to the swine flu virus. The New Orleans mayor, his wife, and a member of their security detail had been in a hotel-turned-clinic since learning that a fellow passenger on their flight from Newark had shown flu symptoms, the Times-Picayune reports.

"We are departing Shanghai today in the best of health and spirits," Nagin said in a statement.
(More Ray Nagin stories.)

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