27 Jan 2020
Boyolali - The outbreak of the Corona Virus Disease since December 2019 has made Adi Soemarmo Airport more tighten the inspection of passengers from abroad who arrive at Adi Soemarmo Airport. Health checks have been carried out since the passengers were still on the plane to prevent the spread of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19).
In addition to checking on the plane, when passenger arriving at the Airport Terminal also pass a human body temperature detector or Thermal Scanner. This tool will give a signal if a passenger is detected whose body temperature is above 38 degrees. Passengers who are detected with a high temperature will be made further checks. If the indication points to Corona, they will be referred to a hospital that has isolation room facilities.
" Thermal Scan is mandatory equipment for airports that have international flights. This equipment used to detect passengers who have a body temperature average above. And this equipment is standard and has been used for a long time. However, vigilance must be improved because Adi Soemarmo Airport also has international flights, one of which is flights from China," said Abdullah Usman as a General Manager of PT. Angkasa Pura I Adi Soemarmo Airport.
Meanwhile, the head of the Arqu Amin Airport area said that the emerging nCov virus was a new virus, which not identified like previous viruses. And according to instructions from WHO and the Director General of P2P, the Port Health Quarantine conducts all temperature detection of passengers coming from infected countries. With a thermal scan tool can detect passengers who have a temperature above 38 degrees. Where if there are passengers with these signs must be checked whether the passenger is suffering from pneumonia or not. If it turns out that you have pneumonia, an examination will be carried out in the quarantine room and if there is a travel history from the wuhan will be referred to a hospital that has been designated by the Government as a Referral Hospital.
