Airline and airport officials in America aren't taking any chances with the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged officials to step up quarantine checks at airports and other entry points, and Japan will require visitors arriving from Wuhan to fill in health forms.
At Incheon airport near Seoul, the only airport in South Korea with direct flights from Wuhan, special gates are designated for passengers from the city, and ear thermometers are used to check their temperatures. Arrival halls are being sprayed more frequently with disinfectant, and escalator handrails, elevator buttons and other sensitive surfaces are wiped with disinfectant multiple times a day.
India is conducting thermal screening at multiple airports of passengers arriving from China, including Hong Kong. In-flight announcements before arrival will direct passengers with a fever or cough who have traveled to Wuhan in the previous 14 days to declare themselves to health authorities. Brendan Murphy, Australia's chief medical officer, said biosecurity staff and state health officials in New South Wales are meeting flights from Wuhan and distributing pamphlets about the virus printed in English and Chinese to all passengers.
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