Flu And Common Cold Confirmed In Sick Passengers On Emirates Flight To JFK

(CNN) — New York City’s Department of Health & Mental Hygiene confirmed Thursday that a majority of the test results from passengers aboard Emirates Flight 203 who reported illness Wednesday “showed common viruses such as influenza and the common cold.”
Additional testing for other viruses will be done today, with full results expected by this afternoon, department press secretary Christopher R. Miller said in a statement.
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