Airport Ebola Screens to Intensify With Temperature Checks
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The U.S. plans to begin Ebola checks at five of its busiest airports, checking the temperatures and health histories of passengers from the three West African nations most stricken by the virus.
Screenings will begin this weekend at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport and will expand next week to Washington Dulles, Newark Liberty, Chicago O’Hare and Atlanta Hartsfield, the U.S. government said today. Passengers whose travel originated in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea will be visually assessed and asked if they had any contact with people infected with Ebola.