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Denpasar Health Quarantine Agency officials check the monitor of a thermal scanner on Jan. 29 at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali. Indonesia tightened screening at several airports after two Nipah virus cases were reported in India. (Antara/Fikri Yusuf)
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he government has been tightening screening measures at two busy airports in the country after two cases of the deadly and transmissible Nipah virus were detected in India.
The management of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali has installed four thermal scanners in the international and domestic arrivals terminals, enhancing screening of all incoming passengers.
“We are now closely coordinating with the Health Quarantine Agency to increase surveillance at the airport. All the airport personnel are committed to doing strict and comprehensive monitoring to prevent the transmission of Nipah Virus in the airport arrival area,” airport spokesperson Gede Eka Sandi Asmadi said on Wednesday.
In Banten, authorities have also ordered a multilayered screening for arrivals at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, the main hub for air travelers to Jakarta.
“Everyone arriving at the airport, particularly those coming from endemic areas, will certainly go through screening. It’s just like [how we handled] the COVID-19 pandemic,” Banten Health Agency head Ati Pramujdji Hastuti said, as quoted by Antara.
Although Indonesia had no reported cases of the virus as of Thursday, the Health Ministry urged the public to remain vigilant.
The ministry said it would continue to monitor the development of this virus in India and other countries, adding that Indonesia has also enhanced its inspection of goods and transport vehicles entering directly or indirectly from countries or regions reporting Nipah virus cases.
