The Air Force has not imposed new vacation travel restrictions to Mexico because of the swine flu outbreak, although restrictions already are in place because of border violence related to drug trafficking.
The Air Force Surgeon General, however, is warning airmen to consider the risk of the rapidly spreading virus, according to spokesman Betty Anne Mauger.
Airmen at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, near the Mexican border, haven’t been allowed to travel to Tijuana, Nogales, Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Acuna, Piedras Negras, Reynosa/Matamoros or Mexico City since March 6 because of the drug violence.
Randolph is the site of the first two cases of swine flu diagnosed on an Air Force base. Two dependents on Randolph contracted the flu in mid-April, according to a base spokesman.
The boys were diagnosed on the Randolph base clinic and both had mild cases.
It’s still unclear how the 16-year-old boys contracted the disease. As a result, Texas officials closed Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City for a week, starting Monday.
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