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Finland first European country to deploy coronavirus-sniffing dogs at main airport

Wed, 2020-09-23 17:52 — mike kraft

Finland deploys coronavirus-sniffing dogs at main airport Finland has deployed coronavirus-sniffing dogs at the Nordic country’s main international airport in a four-month trial of an alternative testing method that could become a cost-friendly way to identify infected travelers Jari Tanner | AP Washington Post

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Airlines call for COVID-19 tests before all international flights

Tue, 2020-09-22 15:27 — mike kraft

Airlines call for COVID-19 tests before all international flights Global airlines on Tuesday called for pre-departure COVID-19 testing for all international passengers to replace the quarantines they blame for exacerbating the travel slump. Reuters Staff U.S.

PARIS (Reuters) - Global airlines on Tuesday called for pre-departure COVID-19 testing for all international passengers to replace the quarantines they blame for exacerbating the travel slump.

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White House orders end to COVID-19 airport screenings for international travelers--Yahoo exclusive

Wed, 2020-09-09 22:20 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government on Monday will stop conducting enhanced screening of passengers on inbound international flights for COVID-19, Yahoo News has learned.

The screening operations have been held at select airports since January, when the first cases of the disease began to emerge from Wuhan, China. Since March, incoming international flights from select high-risk countries, including much of Europe, China and Iran, among other regions, have been funneled through 15 designated airports in the United States.

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Delivering super-cooled COVID-19 vaccine a daunting challenge for some countries

Fri, 2020-09-04 22:28 — mike kraft

Delivering super-cooled COVID-19 vaccine a daunting challenge for some countries Getting a coronavirus vaccine from manufacturing sites to parts of the developing world supply will be an immense challenge, given the need to store some vials at temperatures as low as minus 80 Celsius (-112 Fahrenheit), Deutsche Post warned on Tuesday. Matthias Inverardi U.S.

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COVID cluster from Chinese bus trip offers more evidence of airborne transmission

Thu, 2020-09-03 00:54 — mike kraft

COVID cluster from Chinese bus trip offers more evidence of airborne transmission A study from China found that one person on a poorly ventilated bus likely passed the coronavirus to almost 2 dozen others. CBS News CBSNews

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The odds of catching Covid-19 on an airplane are slimmer than though, study suggests

Thu, 2020-08-20 17:14 — mike kraft

The odds of catching Covid-19 on an airplane are slimmer than you think, scientists say According to a new study, the risk of contracting the virus on a full flight is just 1 in 4,300, and the odds lower to 1 in 7,700 if the airline is adopting the middle seat open policy. Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN CNN

(CNN) — Sitting squeezed between a number of strangers on board an aircraft might feel like a risky position during these uncertain times.

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Ebola screening to be reviewed after doctor attacks ‘inadequate’ measures

Wed, 2014-12-31 16:45 — mike kraft

THE GUARDIAN by Josh Halliday and Severin Carrell Dec. 31, 2014
LONDON--Public HealthEngland has vowed to review its Ebola screening measures after they were branded “utterly illogical” by an NHS doctor who returned from Africa with the Scottish nurse who has contracted the virus.

Public Health England said it would review its procedures, but defended its guidance as being in line with other organisations who have sent volunteers to Ebola-affected countries. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Rex

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No Ebola screening for arrivals to UK - Public Health England

Tue, 2014-10-07 16:13 — mike kraft

BBC Oct. 7, 2014

There are no plans to introduce Ebola screening for those arriving in the UK, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

President Barack Obama said on Monday that the US planned to screen incoming air passengers for the virus.

But PHE said this was not recommended by the World Health Organization and would mean screening "huge numbers of low-risk people".

It also said if a case of Ebola was reported in the UK, the affected person would be isolated and protective measures would be implemented.

Dr Brian McCloskey, director of global health at PHE, said: "Our robust, well-developed and well-tested NHS systems for managing unusual infectious diseases are all active permanently, and always available and regularly tested and proven to be effective.

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