ALARM AFTER VOMITING PASSENGER DIES ON FLIGHT FROM NIGERIA TO JFK (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, October 17, 2014, 00:37

Demonstrators demand a travel ban outside the White House on Oct. 16 to stop the spread of the Ebola virus. Photo: Reuters

A plane from Nigeria landed at JFK Airport Thursday with a male passenger aboard who had died during the flight after a fit of vomiting — and CDC officials conducted a “cursory” exam before announcing there was no Ebola and turning the corpse over to Port Authority cops to remove, Rep. Peter King said on Thursday.

The congressman was so alarmed by the incident — and by what he and employees see as troubling Ebola vulnerabilities at JFK — that he fired off a letter to the federal Department of Homeland Security demanding more training and tougher protocols for handling possible cases there.

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