Somerville family quarantines after measles exposure on JetBlue flight at Logan Airport
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Updated · The Boston Globe · Apr 28
Somerville family quarantines after measles exposure on JetBlue flight at Logan Airport
8 articles · Updated · The Boston Globe · Apr 28
Daniel Engel, fully vaccinated, and his two young children, ages 11 months and 2 years, began a 21-day quarantine after exposure on an April 13 flight from Florida.
The children, not fully immunized due to age, remain symptom-free. Three other individuals in Massachusetts are also quarantining, while fully vaccinated Boston residents exposed at Logan are not required to quarantine.
The infected passenger, a Rhode Island resident, traveled internationally before boarding the JetBlue flight. Health officials emphasize vaccination as the best defense, and the Somerville community has offered support to the quarantined family.
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