SLEMAN - Ebola virus outbreaks in most African countries has been the discovery plus patients suspect the disease in a number of hospitals in Indonesia makes the Adisucipto International Airport in Yogyakarta prepare a precaution. One of them is closely monitoring the arrival of passengers at the international arrivals terminal. "We do not want to miss it from the passengers out of the international arrival terminal we continue to monitor," said Faizal Indra Kusuma, as the General Affairs and Communication Section Head of Yogyakarta Adisucipto Airport, Tuesday (4/11).
For precaution, the one of the busiest airports in Indonesia was not alone. Faizal admitted it took Port Health Office (KKP) Adisucipto Airport. Coordination between the two institutions has been done primarily for temperature monitoring tool providing passengers arriving at the international arrivals terminal. "That got the KKP tools and that put them in the international arrivals terminal," he added.
According to Faizal, the installation of body temperature monitoring tool has been done since long ago. Indeed, such a device is installed not specifically because of this ebola virus, but also to detect if there is a passenger with suspected viral disease of foreign origin. One is SARS. "Every passenger who came then asked to pass through the body temperature scanners. Later seen how the body temperature. If it passes the limits of tolerance, the passengers concerned will directly go to the infirmary to undergo further examination," he said.
Not just a tool, alerting officers also conducted. Two officers of each of the airports and the KKP always keep the body temperature scanners. "Later works alternately from each agency," he said. So until when mounting the body temperature scanners installed? Faizal said it was still awaiting further instructions from the General Manager (GM) is one of the international airports. [Pardika Dewi RS / Source: Suara Merdeka / Photo: nbcnews]
