Coronavirus: MAHB steps up screening of incoming international passengers, flight crew

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NSTnation: MAHB along with the relevant agencies and airlines have taken extra measures to ensure the risk of exposure is minimised. coronovirus China Wuhan virus

As the airport operator, MAHB along with the relevant agencies and airlines have taken extra measures to ensure the risk of exposure is minimised for the safety of everyone, especially the passengers and staff working at the terminal.

One of the measures taken by the ministry and supported by MAHB is conducting thermal screening for passengers and flight crews arriving from China. "Apart from that, we have reassigned the arrival gates for the incoming flights from China to be nearer to the medical bay to expedite the quarantine procedure and minimise the risk of exposure to a wider crowd," said MAHB.

 

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