Officials play down SARS concern at airport ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) =97 Health officials played down concern that a= passenger=20 who arrived at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Monday might=20 have SARS. The 29-year-old woman arrived shortly after 3 p.m. on a US=20 Airways Shuttle flight from New York's LaGuardia Airport, carrying 97=20 passengers. "We had a passenger who deplaned one of our aircraft who asked= =20 us if we had a SARS inspection facility," said US Airways spokesman David=20 Castelveter. Airport medics took the woman to nearby Virginia Hospital=20 Center. "At this point we have no indication that the patient is at high=20 risk of SARS," hospital spokeswoman Amy Nosal said. "We're just utilizing=20 all the precautions that we use for all of our respiratory patients."=20 Virginia Department of Health spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell said the woman=20 involved "does not fit the case definition of SARS" and had not traveled to= =20 any countries where the deadly virus is a problem Airport officials said=20 they were prepared to deal with any possible SARS case. "We've been in=20 contact with the local hospitals and with the CDC. If someone does display= =20 symptoms that could be indicative of SARS we follow that protocol," said=20 Tara Hamilton of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Along with= =20 National, the authority also operates Washington Dulles International= Airport. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Mas Site: www.tntisland.com/tntrecords/mas2003/ Site of the Week: http://www.caribbeanfloral.com TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************