Passengers fall ill on two flights from Europe to Philadelphia

(Reuters) – Passengers and crew on two flights arriving in Philadelphia from Europe on Thursday were screened by medical teams after 12 people aboard became ill with flu-like symptoms, a day after a similar outbreak on a flight from Dubai to New York.

All 250 people on American Airlines (AAL.OBoth the United States and the United States have been notified by the United States of America, spokesman Diane Gerace said.

Flight 717 from Munich and Flight 755 from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Thursday afternoon, she said.

The CDC worked with Philadelphia Health Officers, Emergency Responders, and Border Patrol Agents to Evaluate the Sick Passenger for Influenza and Other Respiratory Diseases, CDC spokesman Benjamin Haynes said.

"Twelve passengers from the two flights reported sore throat and cough, none were identified with fever. None of the passengers are severely ill, and they will be released and informed of test results in 24 hours, "Haynes said.

The rest of the passengers were told that they would continue to provide additional information when the results were confirmed.

No one on the plane was quarantined, American Airlines spokeswoman Leslie Scott said. She said the members of the crews had no personal contact.

On Wednesday, at least 19 people aboard an Emirates airlines [EMIRA.UL] double-deck Airbus 380 flight from Dubai were confirmed when the aircraft landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

Ten of them were treated at a local hospital. A press secretary for the New York Mayor Bill of Blasio said on Thursday that test results had confirmed influenza.

"Some tests came back inconclusive on other viruses, which is common," Blasio spokesman Eric Phillips said on Twitter, adding that the tests were being re-administered.

"All 10 patients will be kept in the hospital until we know those final results," Phillips said.

Separately, health officials in Houston said they were looking at a case of measles that may have been exposed to the virus. 21 and 22.