The Obama administration on Wednesday said authorities will soon begin temperature checks and health surveys of travelers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea arriving at five U.S. airports in an effort to halt the spread of Ebola to the U.S.
What have officials been doing to prevent Ebola-infected people from flying?
In the most-affected countries, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, local authorities are screening all outbound fliers with questionnaires, visual assessments and temperature readings. Over the past two months, authorities there have screened about 36,000 fliers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Just 77 of those fliers showed symptoms of Ebola, but none are believed to have the disease.
Airlines have been told to watch for telltale symptoms among passengers in-flight. In the U.S., Customs and Border Protection workers have been tasked with observing travelers for signs of illness.
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What are the new screening measures?
After their passports are reviewed during immigration checks, passengers arriving from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone to five U.S. airports will be pulled aside to a separate screening area where Customs and Border Protection staff will question them about their health and exposure to Ebola, take their temperature with an infrared thermometer and collect their contact information in the U.S.
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The screenings will begin on Saturday at John F. Kennedy International in New York, and then next week start at O’Hare International in Chicago, Hartsfield-Jackson International in Atlanta, Washington Dulles International near Washington, D.C., and Newark Liberty International in Newark, N.J. Authorities said more airports may follow.Read the rest of the story HERE and view related videos below:
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This is going to be yet another failed policy because if your sick and take a couple of aspirin a couple of hours before going through the check can reduce your temperature enough to get by without notice. Just how stupid do they think the public truly is becomes a good question because they are counting on just that to giving a false sense of security.
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