Thailand: Suvarnabhumi isolates Middle East flights for Mers checks

Airports of Thailand has reserved 2 concourses at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport for flights from the Middle East to effectively screen passengers for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers). AoT president Nitinai Sirismatthakarn said Monday that as another Mers patient had arrived in Thailand from the Mideast, planes arriving from the region would now be directed to concourses E and G. There, special screening stations equipped with thermal scanners and staffed by experienced officials were set up to observe the condition of each passenger, he said. In addition, AoT and disease-control officials asked airlines and the Airline Operators Committee to help pre-screen passengers travelling from where Mers has spread so those with suspicious symptoms could be treated quickly. Passengers on such flights would receive written instructions and warnings related to Mers.<br/>