BANGKOK-Thailand has stepped up measures against the outbreak of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
The Ministry of Public Health has coordinated with 37 airlines. They have been asked to inform passengers arriving to Thailand from countries with reports of MERS cases to strictly abide by preventive measures.
Body temperature scanners will be installed at airports to detect passengers with flu-like symptoms. An expressway for patients suspected of having contracted the virus will be set up at the hospitals in an attempt to contain the outbreak quickly.
Thai ambassadors worldwide have also been instructed to raise awareness of the Thai government’s effort to prevent the spread of the deadly virus in their host countries and assured them that it has always complied with the international standards for containing the spread of fatal diseases.
