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New York's JFK Airport to Begin Ebola Screening Program
Stepped up efforts by the U.S. to halt the spread of the Ebola virus will start at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, where teams armed with thermal guns and questionnaires will screen travelers from West African countries hit hardest by the outbreak. (www.nbcnews.com) Daha Fazlası...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Screening seems on par with TSA screening, pretty much useless. If passport shows they have been to Liberia , etc in past 21 days they get quarantined if a US citizen or denied admission if a foreign national (the airline that brought them in must take them back).
In Seoul it appears that every arriving international passenger is screened for body temperature. It is done without most passengers even noticing. They use infrared cameras as you walk through open check points and a computer program that high lights passengers, faces in particular, that have higher than average temperature. If the system highlights a passenger, then a control point office pulls them aside for a more accurate and detailed screening. No need to trust a passenger to accurately tell entry officials where they have traveled or ask if they are not feeling well.
All show, no go.
If there was any serious effort to "screen", it would be done at connecting points as there are no direct flights from these countries. At the moment Air France and BA have ceased to fly out of the region, leaving only Brussels Air.
If there was any serious effort to "screen", it would be done at connecting points as there are no direct flights from these countries. At the moment Air France and BA have ceased to fly out of the region, leaving only Brussels Air.
"Thermal guns and questionnaires"
Of course. Shoot first, ask questions later...
Of course. Shoot first, ask questions later...
No wonder there are now some Ebola cases in the USA but none in South Africa.