Swine flu still rampant, fall vaccine in works
By MARGEAUX CORBY Staff Writer
By MARGEAUX CORBY Staff Writer
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
07/07/09
After an eight-hour flight from Tokyo to Singapore, Ron Bajor was informed by Singapore health officials that a fellow airline passenger had been diagnosed with swine flu.
Margeaux Corby — The Capital
Crofton resident Ron Bajor holds the empty box of Tamiflu he had to take while in quarantine. Bajor was detained in a Singapore quarantine facility for a week after a fellow passenger on his Tokyo to Singapore flight was diagnosed with swine flu.
Since the Crofton resident had been seated within 10 rows of the man, he was ordered to spend the next seven days in a Singapore quarantine facility - or stay even longer in a Singapore jail cell.
"You're not set up for that," said Bajor, who travels to Asia for his Virginia-based telecommunications company two to three times a year. "I don't think anybody's saying, 'If you're traveling to Asia, you could be...
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