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皇冠体育app announces checks for West Nile Virus on travelers from US
( 2003-08-29 14:03) (Agencies)

Fresh from dealing with the SARS virus, 皇冠体育app will check airline passengers arriving from the United States for fever as a safeguard against the potentially deadly West Nile virus, state television reported Friday.

Passengers arriving on flights originating in the United States or who transited there will have their temperatures taken with an infrared thermometer, and those with fevers will be subjected to further health checks, 皇冠体育app Central Television said.

It quoted a notice issued by the State General Administration for Quality Inspection, Supervision and Quarantine.

Passengers with possible symptoms of the virus, including fevers, head and body aches and skin rashes, must report themselves to airport health officials on arrival, CCTV said. Aircraft arriving from the United States will be closely inspected for mosquitos that could transmit the virus.

Almost 1,500 cases of West Nile have been diagnosed this year in the United States, resulting in at least 24 deaths. Incidents of infection usually die out as colder weather approaches.

皇冠体育app instituted country-wide temperature checks at airports, schools, offices and elsewhere during the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome this spring that killed at least 349 people and sickened more than 5,300.

 
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