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Nipah screening at airports, travel warning for India

Quarantine officers monitor a thermal camera screen at Suvarnabhumi airport as they check the temperatures of arriving passengers, part of heightened screening measures amid the Nipah virus disease outbreak in India. (Photo: The Department of Disease Control)

Disease control has been intensified at Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and Phuket airports, screening travellers from West Bengal in India where there is a confirmed outbreak of the potentially deadly Nipah virus disease. 

Officers at the three major airports had begun enhanced screening for inbound passengers, particularly those arriving from West Bengal.

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