Shanghai Puts New Orleans Mayor in Swine Flu Quarantine

Nagin, wife, staffer treated 'with courtesy'

By Drew Nelles

Posted Jun 7, 2009 4:16 PM CDT

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Shanghai Puts New Orleans Mayor in Swine Flu Quarantine — Mayor Ray Nagin, joined by his wife Seletha, celebrate at Gallier Hall in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Chinese officials are holding New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin in quarantine with his wife and a staffer after a fellow plane passenger exhibited swine flu symptoms, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. The three are "being treated with utmost courtesy" in Shanghai, where Nagin "is feeling well and continues to be in communication with his staff," a Nagin rep said. Nagin flew to China Friday on an economic development trip.

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