Three US airports that have flights from Wuhan have implemented steps to distribute health forms on that route. The Under Secretary for Health, Chui Tak-yi, said temperature checks would be adequate for screening travelers. “The Department of Health considers that checking passengers’ temperature at border points is an objective way to see if they have fever,” he said. Health Secretary Sophia Chan Siu-chee also had said last week that temperature checks are being conducted at airport and express rail station when asked about health declaration forms. The number of people confirmed to have contracted the virus on the mainland has exceeded 200, with new cases emerging in Beijing and Shenzhen.

Source: The Standard January 20, 2020 04:03 UTC