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.

Thermal screening displays the temperature of passengers, as officers monitor these screens to identify possible persons suffering from fever.

Hong Kong quarantined a 39-year-old man on Wednesday (January 22) after the city's first preliminary positive result in a test for the new coronavirus, authorities said.

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 prevention against arrival of persons suffering from the Wuhan Coronavirus, officers check the temperature of children arriving at Hong Kong International Airport on 22 January 2020.

As the first cases of coronarvirus appeared in the city, the temperature check booths in Hong Kong airport appeared to pay more attention to children. In this video a family appears relieved as they are confirmed the child is not suffering from fever.

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.