HONG KONG: Amid fears Hong Kong is allowing a deadly respiratory virus to spread overseas, officials prepared yesterday to check all departing air travellers for fevers and battle the international perception the city is unsafe.
Authorities are discussing how to take the temperature of every single air passenger leaving Hong Kong, a burden the administration may impose on airlines, said Eva Wong, a Health Department spokesman.
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