Health scare at Auckland Airport

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A plane carrying 274 passengers has been quarantined at Auckland Airport after health authorities were alerted to 60 passengers with flu-like symptoms.
No one has been allowed to disembark the Air New Zealand flight from Japan since it landed about 9.20am.
"This is not just precautionary, there is major concern," an ambulance spokeswoman told NZ Newswire.

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Health officials admit they overreacted


February 13, 2012, 3:18 pmNewstalk ZB





Auckland Public Health admits it overreacted to today's Air New Zealand health scare.
Sixty students aboard a Japan to Auckland flight this morning were quarantined after presenting with flu-like symptoms.
They have since been released.
Medical officer of health Dr Richard Hoskins says authorities will be debriefed, but he admits overreacting.


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