New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been released from quarantine in China. Nagin spokeswoman Ceeon Quiett says the mayor was on a plane headed for Australia today. Nagin, his wife, and one of his bodyguards had been quarantined since Sunday, after a passenger on their flight from New Jersey showed flu-like symptoms. Quiett says Nagin was planning to make the second leg of an overseas trip with speeches in Australia. Nagin says the three were leaving Shanghai in “the best of health and spirits.” He also thanked officials in Shanghai, the U.S. Embassy and others “for prioritizing the health and safety” of three. Quiett says Nagin held two meetings in China, on what was billed as an economic development trip, before receiving the quarantine notice Sunday.
Nagin out of quarantine in China
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