Indonesian authorities have implemented the use of thermal scanners at Kualanamo International Airport in North Sumatra.

Footage from January 22 shows passengers walking through a thermal scanner as well as usual security measures.

The coronavirus broke out in China's Wuhan and has since spread to multiple countries where measure to control the outbreak have been escalated internationally.

An officer checks the monitor for passengers who pass through a thermal scanner upon their arrival at Kualanamo International Airport, in North Sumatra on January 22, 2020. According to media reports, a virus that spreads from Wuhan China to a new type of Coronavirus when concerns about the mysterious infectious disease were has infected nearly 300 people, and six people have died.