Passengers arriving in NYC held up due to measles scare – Arutz Sheva

Passengers on a JetBlue flight from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to New York had been detained in isolation at New York’s JFK airport after members of a haredi family on the flight had been suspected of carrying measles.

In line with reports, passengers on the airplane became insecure after noticing the family’s childhood had crimson spots on their faces.

The family, which lives in Lakewood, had been returning dwelling after spending Pesach (Passover) in the Caribbean, and talked about the childhood had been fully wholesome and the crimson spots had been merely mosquito bites.

The Port Authority released the passengers after the childhood had been examined and it change into proven that they’d been fully vaccinated in opposition to measles.

In line with Kikar Hashabbat, the family talked about among the finest motive for the extend change into their haredi look, and the total incident change into anti-Semitic in nature.

“We’re fully customary of us that vaccinate our kids, accurate sort admire many of the haredi community does. We had been held up most effective thanks to how we glance, and we had been embarrassed in entrance of the total airplane,” the positioning quoted the family as asserting.

In an announcement, a JetBlue spokesperson talked about: “After reports of a seemingly medical distress onboard, flight 410 from Santo Domingo to JFK, change into requested to place up for medical products and companies out of an abundance of caution so a customer will probably be examined. All possibilities had been cleared and the flight will deplane on the entire.”