Korean Air Implements Fever Screening for All Flights Departing Incheon Starting Today... Boarding Denied for Temperatures Above 37.5°C

Measures to Block Novel Coronavirus Infection... Thermal Imaging Cameras and Portable On-Body Thermometers Prepared

On the 4th, disinfection workers from a quarantine company are disinfecting a Korean Air passenger plane bound for New York at the Korean Air aircraft maintenance hangar at Incheon International Airport. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Yu Je-hoon] Korean Air will conduct passenger fever screenings on all flights departing from Incheon International Airport. This measure aims to preemptively block the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Korean Air announced that starting from the 5th, it will conduct fever screenings for all passengers at the boarding gates of all international flights departing from Incheon Airport.

Previously, as the U.S. Department of State and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) raised travel advisories for Korea to Level 3 (Reconsider Travel) and strengthened entry controls, Korean Air began conducting fever screenings for all passengers on flights to the Americas starting from the 29th of last month.

However, due to the recent increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases domestically and growing passenger concerns, the screenings have been expanded to all international routes. Korean Air has secured a total of eight thermal imaging cameras along with portable thermometers to implement this measure.

Korean Air plans to deny boarding to passengers who record a body temperature of 37.5 degrees Celsius or higher during the fever screening. A temperature of 37.5 degrees Celsius or above is one of the representative symptoms of COVID-19.

Meanwhile, to minimize passenger anxiety amid the spread of COVID-19, Korean Air has recently been spraying the entire cabin of all flights from Incheon to the Americas and from China to Incheon using the disinfectant MD-125. Additionally, the legally mandated monthly spraying disinfection cycle per aircraft has been shortened to every 7 days.

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