Mon, Jun 02, 2003
ASEAN, China, To Examine Those Coming And Going
China, along with the nations of Southeast Asia,
have decided to get more aggressive in checking airline passengers
for the dreaded respiratory disease SARS by checking all incoming
and outgoing passengers and posting medical experts at every point
of embarkation and debarkation.
"Entry-exit travellers are to accept temperature screening
checks and necessary medical inquiry for SARS, or Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome, and complete a health declaration card," the
official Xinhua news agency quoted the action plan as saying.
Five ASEAN members - Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the
Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam - have reported SARS cases. ASEAN
also includes Brunei, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos. Taiwan and China
have also reported extensive SARS outbreaks.
Travel Impact
Asia's biggest travel agency, ABACUS, confirmed
some of the airline industry's worst fears last week by saying
travel to and from Asia had dropped 20 percent between January and
April. ABACUS says bookings are starting to pick up, but the
airline industry in particular and the travel industry as a whole
in Asia have already been deeply impacted. "While most of the
markets are still well below pre-SARS levels, bookings by
travellers from Asia to Europe and Asia to the Middle East have
nearly returned to pre-SARS levels," said ABACUS International in a
statement on Thursday. "The latter has as much to do with the end
of the war in Iraq as it does with SARS."
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