Coronavirus Alert: India begins thermal screening at 7 airports
India | January 22, 2020 8:39 ISTAmid rising cases of coronavirus in China, the government in a statement said that thermal screening of passengers would be undertaken at the airports.
Amid rising cases of coronavirus in China, the government in a statement said that thermal screening of passengers would be undertaken at the airports.
Passengers arriving from China at seven Indian airports are being screened in the wake of the outbreak of an infection caused by a new strain of virus there. The coronavirus (CoV) has claimed at least six lives in China so far.
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