Hong Kong International Airport are checking the temperatures of arriving airline passengers and adopting rigorous temperature screening procedures in response to a new coronavirus.

The video, filmed on Wednesday (January 22), shows cameras displaying the temperature of arriving travellers, officers carrying out temperature checks on some passengers arriving at Hong Kong International Airport, and automatic dispensers offered disinfecting gels in the arrival hall of the airport.

The second part of the video shows Cathay cabin crew wearing face masks on a plane landing in Hong Kong International Airport. Cathay cabin crew asked to wear face masks on all flights as new China virus spreads.

Hong Kong confirmed two suspected cases of coronavirus on Thursday (January 23).

As the first cases of coronavirus were confirmed at Hong Kong International Airport, infrared cameras display the temperature of arriving travelers. Officers monitor these screens to identify possible persons suffering from fever and hence possibly infected by infectious disease.

As the first cases of Wuhan coronavirus were identified in Hong Kong, officers carried out temperature checks on some passengers arriving at Hong Kong International Airport on 22 January 2020. Checks did not appear more systematic than in ordinary time, main targets being passengers with South Asian appearance and children as could be seen in other times by the reporter.

As the first cases of Wuhan coronavirus appeared in Hong Kong, among the prevention measures at Hong Kong International Airport, automatic contactless dispensers offered disinfecting gels in the arrival hall of the airport.

As the first cases of Wuhan coronavirus were identified in Hong Kong, flight attendants of Cathay Pacific wear face masks on a plane landing in Hong Kong on 22 January 2020, after their trade unions obtained this right from the company. In Hong Kong, a much decried law taken under emergency regulations criminalizes the wearing of face masks, while this practice is considered as the main prevention against respiratory diseases since the emergence of SARS in 2003.