{"id":749471,"date":"2021-09-13T22:21:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T02:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=749471"},"modified":"2021-09-13T22:21:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T02:21:37","slug":"cdc-orders-afghan-flights-to-u-s-to-halt-amid-measles-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-orders-afghan-flights-to-u-s-to-halt-amid-measles-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC orders Afghan flights to U.S. to halt amid measles outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcdc-orders-afghan-flights-to-u-s-to-halt-amid-measles-outbreak%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=749471&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2518550\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2518550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:08 PM PT \u2013 Monday, September 13, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>U.S. bound flights for Afghan evacuees have been paused due to a measles outbreak. The Biden administration made the announcement on Monday, which could stall evacuee relocation for up to a week.<\/p>\n<p>As many as 12,000 refugees would remain in Air Force bases in Germany and Qatar. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby explained the discovery of stateside cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been five diagnosed cases of measles among new arrivals so far and we are closely monitoring just in case more emerged,\u201d he stated. \u201cWe already announced one case that was confirmed last week at Fort McCoy and three cases were confirmed on Thursday night among new arrivals who flew into Dulles Airport here in the D.C. area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Measles vaccines are now mandatory for all refugees before coming to the U.S.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PentagonPresSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PentagonPresSec<\/a> John F. Kirby holds a news briefing at the Pentagon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sEDI4SXcCe\">https:\/\/t.co\/sEDI4SXcCe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of Defense \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@DeptofDefense) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeptofDefense\/status\/1437477032066170896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/govts-botch-1976-swine-flu-vaccine-draws-parallels-to-covid-19-vaccine-program\/\">Govt\u2019s botch 1976 Swine Flu vaccine draws parallels to COVID-19 vaccine program<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. 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