Swine Flu: O'Hare Travelers Wearing Masks But No Special Procedures In Place

CHICAGO (AP) -- Authorities are taking some extraordinary precautions to screen passengers arriving in Chicago on flights from Mexico for swine flu.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Brett Sturgeon says international passengers are being given an information sheet about the illness.

But Chicago Aviation Department spokeswoman Karen Pride says no special procedures are in place at O'Hare Airport where two dozen flights arrive from Mexico daily.

A Centers for Disease Control statement says its quarantine staff are operating normally. That includes meeting planes when a sick passenger is reported on board.

Passengers themselves appear anxious.

Nearly everyone who got off one flight from Mexico City Monday had surgical masks around their necks or still over their mouths.

-ASSOCIATED PRESS