ANGKOK: Airports of Thailand (AOT) is closely monitoring the situation of viral pneumonia from Wuhan, China, with six airports ready to cope with the situation by setting up international communicable diseases control checkpoints. Preliminary checkpoints will watch 10 flights from Wuhan to four major Thai airports.
An AOT staff and security officers waiting for passengers arriving from Wuhan, China, at the main international airport in Bangkok, the Suvarnabhumi Airport, on Sunday .
Preliminary examination showed that it was not a common influenza virus, avian influenza, adenovirus or other common respiratory diseases. China Southern Airlines flies three flights per day to Suvarnabhumi Airport; Thai Air Asia flies twice a day to Don Mueang Airport; Thai Air Asia flies twice a day and China Southern Airlines operates only during the Chinese New Year season to Phuket International Airport; Chiang Mai Airport receives three flights per week by Air China .
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