Alert on TB Man

May 30, 11:43 AM

Current Headlines: A MAN with a rare and exceptionally dangerous form of tuberculosis has been placed in quarantine by the US government after possibly exposing passengers and crew on two transatlantic flights.

The affected flights were between Atlanta and Paris and Prague and Montreal, officials said. It marks the first time since 1963 that the government issued a quarantine order.

The infected man flew from Atlanta to Paris on May 12 and returned to America on May 24. He then drove into the US.

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