Three devices capable of detecting suspected SARS sufferers have
been installed at Beijing's Capital Airport in a bid to curb the
spread of the disease, quarantine officials said Tuesday.
Sources with Beijing Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
said the devices, the first of their kind installed at an
international airport in China, were sensitive to people with
bodytemperatures higher than normal.
The devices will alert quarantine officers by sounding a siren
automatically when they detect a passenger with a fever, a
symptomof severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
(Xinhua News Agency April 23, 2003)
