An airport in Iowa will administer COVID-19 health screenings for passengers and airline personnel, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) informed, Also it is among the first to do so when it rolls out a COVID-19 health screening next week. The screenings will start at the Eastern Iowa Airport on Jan. 25, as a part of the Travel well Program, in partnership with Mercy Medical center and Mercy Care business health solutions in Cedar Rapids.
Under the program, initially introduced in July, all outward-bound passengers leaving on a flight, and staff working past security checkpoints, will undergo the 10-second screening, which includes temperature checks and answer a sequence of health questions. Anybody with a fever above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit shall be mandated to have one other screening by healthcare professionals.
“The Travel Well program will present an efficient approach to screening passengers and staff,” Marty Lenss, director for the airport, mentioned in a statement posted to the ability’s website in July. “Mercy established the protocols at their hospital and clinics as a part of its COVID-19 response to make sure the safety of its employees and patients.”
The health screening program was created primarily based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is in “inline” with suggestions from the U.S. Departments of Transportation, Homeland Safety and Health and Human Services, the announcement mentioned.
The FAA originally gave airports the go-ahead to conduct COVID-19 screenings on departing or arriving passengers in Dec. 2020, as a part of different efforts to assist in “minimizing the spread of COVID-19 and ensuring the restoration of the air transportation system.”
