Late night news – Chiang Mai Airport Watch out for Nipah virus Upgrading passenger screening and coordinating with Immigration to check travel history.
Nipah virus outbreak situation that is happening in India Make Chiang Mai Airport Coordinate cooperation with international communicable disease control checkpoints. Enhance passenger screening By measuring the temperature with a thermoscan machine. Distributing health advice cards, coordinating with Immigration to check the travel history of passengers who have traveled from or have passed through outbreak areas in the past 14-21 days to monitor for the Nipah virus. Director of Chiang Mai Airport said that although Chiang Mai Airport currently has no direct flights from India. But I’m not complacent. This is because there may be passengers who are connecting from other countries. If people are found to have symptoms that meet the surveillance criteria, such as high fever, headaches, or respiratory symptoms. The public health response plan will be followed to immediately send for treatment to network hospitals.