All US flights to NRT being Health inspected on arrival
Apr 28, 2009, 1:20 pm
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Japan flights quarantine!
I landed at NRT this afternoon. The flight was held due to new health inspections for all arriving flights. (especially NA and MX) They had us fill out new questionaires and then boarded the plane in protective gear and a thermal imager to check everyones temperature.
If you have a higher than normal temperature you can be denied entry or quarantined for 3 to 6 hours we were told.
If you have a higher than normal temperature you can be denied entry or quarantined for 3 to 6 hours we were told.
Apr 29, 2009, 4:00 am
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That's what happened to me today on UA885 SFO-KIX.
It took an hour for the temperature-checking process, and nobody could deplane until all pax were checked.
Pictures: http://ihbs.org/kix/osa1.htm
It took an hour for the temperature-checking process, and nobody could deplane until all pax were checked.
Pictures: http://ihbs.org/kix/osa1.htm
Last edited by redburgundy; Apr 29, 2009 at 6:53 am
Apr 29, 2009, 12:45 pm
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Apr 29, 2009, 2:17 pm
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considering that this flu has spread throughout the world already(but not japan) they're going to have to start quarantining all the flights! 
there's only so much they can do
there's only so much they can do
Apr 29, 2009, 2:52 pm
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I still remember when I flew into Japan during the SARS scare in the early 00's and they were pointing a thermal instrument at my body when I was entering the immigration area... was glad I didn't get quarantined at the time!
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Apr 29, 2009, 3:38 pm
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Kinda scary, though. I also travelled in Asia during the SARS epidemic and luckily never ran into such a precaution.
Apr 29, 2009, 6:16 pm
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My company is supposedly preparing tens of thousands of gauze masks so that we will all be protected if a pandemic hits Tokyo.
Yup, everyone is freaking out here.
Yup, everyone is freaking out here.
Apr 29, 2009, 11:28 pm
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Apr 29, 2009, 11:29 pm
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They did not screen us today on the SIN-NRT flight. Looks like it is only flights from certain countries. I can see them boarding a UA flight at this moment.
Apr 30, 2009, 8:51 am
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As of April 30, the flights subject to quarantine screening are those from North America -- Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
On April 30, quarantine staff caught a woman who was tested positive for Type A flu. She was on NW1 from LAX, which arrived at NRT April 30, and pax were held nearly 6 hours, according to local media reports.
A secondary test is underway for the woman to determine if she, a Japanese in her 20s, has been infected with the swine flu virus. Type A includes both seasonal and swine flu viruses.
The Japanese government has suggested that screening procedures may be expanded to cover other flights if the swine flu epidemic spreads to other countries. But it looks like they are already running short of staff. (And such quarantine screening is deemed not that effective in containing the flu by experts. They won't probably be able to catch those in the incubation period.)
On April 30, quarantine staff caught a woman who was tested positive for Type A flu. She was on NW1 from LAX, which arrived at NRT April 30, and pax were held nearly 6 hours, according to local media reports.
A secondary test is underway for the woman to determine if she, a Japanese in her 20s, has been infected with the swine flu virus. Type A includes both seasonal and swine flu viruses.
The Japanese government has suggested that screening procedures may be expanded to cover other flights if the swine flu epidemic spreads to other countries. But it looks like they are already running short of staff. (And such quarantine screening is deemed not that effective in containing the flu by experts. They won't probably be able to catch those in the incubation period.)
Apr 30, 2009, 9:06 am
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No special screening on HKG-NRT today. Basically, made you fill out the yellow form (used before during the SARS crisis) and a quick question or two at the health consultation counter before immigration.
