Dubai International Airport procedures to combat COVID-19

Passengers with high temperatures are sent to hospitals

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Sonia Shah, Senior Visual Journalist and Roudha Mejren, Staff Reporter

Arriving passengers undergo thermal screening. Passengers with high temperatures are sent to hospitals. Some passengers are reexamined manually. A medical swab is taken for a lab test. It takes a total of 30 minutes to complete the procedure for every 100 passengers. Finally, all arrivals undergo additional thermal screening as they are leaving the airport safely.

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