Thermal scanner placed at airports<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Ministry of Health has installed a thermal
\nscanner at the Terminal D international arrival hall of Soekarno-
\nHatta International Airport.<\/p>\n
The secretary to the Directorate General of Communicable
\nDiseases and Environmental Health (P2M), Syafii Anwar, said on
\nTuesday the equipment would be fully operational sometime next
\nweek after several trials had been carried out.<\/p>\n
Thermal scanners will also be placed at: Ngurah Rai
\nInternational Airport in Denpasar, Bali; Juanda Airport in
\nSurabaya, East Java; Polonia Airport in Medan, North Sumatra; and
\nHang Nadim International Airport in Batam.<\/p>\n
The new device is part of the government's campaign against
\nSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).<\/p>\n
Syafii said the government also planned to distribute pre-
\ndeparture health declaration cards for passengers, which would be
\ndistributed with every ticket purchase.<\/p>\n
"We will cooperate with airlines and travel agents through
\ntheir associations," he said, "and make sure that all passengers
\nfill the card before boarding their flights." -- JP<\/p>",
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