A temperature screening point at the Hong Kong International Airport, in Hong Kong, China, May 7. — Reuters
WASHINGTON: Airport passenger screening for coronavirus during the early stages of the pandemic was futile because people can transmit the virus without showing symptoms, the United States' top health agency said on May 11.
The analysis by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was published days after a news report that the White House is pushing to return to the strategy as it seeks to re-open the hard-hit airline industry.
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