Thailand: Thermal scanners installed at two southern checkpoints
May 04, 2009
Thailand has tightened its surveillance system to prevent the A/H1N1 flu outbreak as the Thai government Monday ordered the installation of thermal scanners at two southern immigration checkpoints.
The Ministry of Public Health ordered the installation of the thermal scanners at Sadao immigration and Padang Besa immigration checkpoints of Songkla province, where around 50-80 foreign tourists from European countries pass daily, said Witthaya Kaewparadai, Thai Minister of Public Health.
The latest move along the border has followed the installation of the thermal scanners at many international airports, including the Suvarnabhumi International Airport, amid the rising outbreaks of the deadly flu outside Thailand.
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