Due to new COVID-19 variant spread in Singapore, fever screenings are intensified for passengers arriving from Singapore and Sharjah at Coimbatore Airport. No new guidelines yet from Tamil Nadu government.
Coimbatore: Amidst reports of a new COVID-19 variant emerging in Singapore, Coimbatore Airport has ramped up its fever screening process for passengers arriving from Singapore and Sharjah. The airport operates flights to Sharjah daily and to Singapore five days a week. The intensified screening procedure includes the deployment of automated fever detection machines which have been already in use.
According to Senthil Valavan, the director of Coimbatore Airport, "Automated fever detection machines are operational, and although no new specific guidelines have been released due to the new coronavirus outbreak in Singapore, we are taking precautionary measures as a proactive step to screen Tamil Nadu passengers for fever intensively."
Aruna, Deputy Director of Health Services in Coimbatore, commented, "During the last coronavirus outbreak, there was a significant drop in immunity among the public. With two vaccine doses administrated, there is currently no major concern about virus spread. However, if there are new directives from the Tamil Nadu government related to the ongoing COVID-19 spread in Singapore, they will be strictly followed."
According to Senthil Valavan, the director of Coimbatore Airport, "Automated fever detection machines are operational, and although no new specific guidelines have been released due to the new coronavirus outbreak in Singapore, we are taking precautionary measures as a proactive step to screen Tamil Nadu passengers for fever intensively."
Aruna, Deputy Director of Health Services in Coimbatore, commented, "During the last coronavirus outbreak, there was a significant drop in immunity among the public. With two vaccine doses administrated, there is currently no major concern about virus spread. However, if there are new directives from the Tamil Nadu government related to the ongoing COVID-19 spread in Singapore, they will be strictly followed."