New Orleans mayor out of quarantine in China

Published 6:53 am Wednesday, June 10, 2009

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been released from quarantine in China.

Nagin spokeswoman Ceeon Quiett says the mayor is on a plane headed for Australia.

Nagin, his wife, and one of his guards had been quarantined since Sunday over swine flu concerns after a passenger on their flight from New Jersey showed flu-like symptoms.

Quiett said this morning that Nagin has been released and was planning to fulfill the second leg of an overseas trip with speeches in Australia.