Pandemic quarantine measures in Egypt

5 November 2009

Travellers to Egypt need to be alert to the fact that thermal imaging equipment has been installed at Sharm el Sheikh International airport and that quarantine measures are being enforced. It is unclear at this time how long this screening procedure will be maintained.

The Daily Mail (UK) carried a report on November 1st that 40 British children -- some as young as 4 -- were marched off by armed airport guards as they landed for half-term holidays in Egypt because they were thought to have swine flu. Some were quarantined in a makeshift hospital for as long as five days.

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