CAIRO, Jan 23 — Egypt’s Cairo airport started screening passengers arriving from China for signs of the new coronavirus outbreak, airport sources said today. There are doctors and health monitors in arrival halls equipped with medical devices needed to examine passengers coming from China, the...
People wait outside the international arrivals terminal at Cairo Airport May 19, 2016. ― Reuters pic
CAIRO, Jan 23 — Egypt’s Cairo airport started screening passengers arriving from China for signs of the new coronavirus outbreak, airport sources said today. There are doctors and health monitors in arrival halls equipped with medical devices needed to examine passengers coming from China, the sources said.
Flight attendants have also been instructed to report any coronavirus suspected cases among travellers and any suspected cases would be isolated and sent to hospital, the sources added. All airports in Egypt are on high alert and have received the same instructions, but most of the flights coming from China arrive in Cairo airport, the sources said. — Reuters
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