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Legionella does not spread person-to-person; thermal scanners would not have any use.
Perhaps this is just an attempt to show they are doing something about the Legionella outbreak? Or perhaps the Legionella is just an excuse to institute thermal scanning for H1N1 or H5N1? OR perhaps they are poorly informed as to how Legionella spreads?
Thermal Scanners Back in Bali Airport
Made Arya Kencana | January 21, 2011
File photo of a thermal scanner used at Bali's Ngurah Rai airport. (Reuters Photo)
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megoblok6:43pm Jan 21, 2011How do Thermal Scanners for Incoming Passengers locate Legionnaires Disease when its caused by A/Cs downtown?
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Denpasar. Thermal scanners are now back in place at the arrival area of Ngurah Rai International Airport. According to Nyoman Sutedja, head of the Health Office of Bali, this was done to prevent Legionnaire's disease from getting into the tourist island.
The thermal scanners were also in place during the bird flu epidemic (H5N1), Singapore flu and swine flu (H1N1).
The reactivation of the body heat scanners is in connection with the ongoing investigation regarding the source of Legionnaire's disease that has reported to have spread in the island.
Some tourists said that they caught the disease after traveling to Kuta.
"With disinfectants, hopefully the spread of the disease can be prevented," Sutedja said.
He said that so far, there have been 11 foreign tourists who have been diagnosed with Legionnaire disease, consisting of 9 Australian citizens, 1 dutch citizen and 1 French citizen. All of them have returned to their respective countries.
Legionnaire?s disease is a form of severe pneumonia.
The disease easily infects middle-aged and elderly people, particularly those who smoke or who have lung disease, diabetes, kidney disease or a weak immune system.
Symptoms could include fever, chills, muscle soreness, headaches, tiredness, reduced appetite, diarrhea, dry coughing and breathlessness.
Legionnaire?s disease is caused by bacteria that grow in water, particularly warm environments such as hot tubs, hot water tanks, plumbing systems and air-conditioning systems.
It is contracted through inhalation of contaminated water droplets and is not known to be transmitted from person to person.
Meanwhile, the head of the Human Resource and Protocol Bureau of the Bali provincial government, Putu Suardika, admitted that the rising cases of Legionnaire's could negatively impact Bali's tourism.
?We have asked hotels to be proactive if there are guests with similar symptoms," he said.
He also asked tourists not to panic.
?Please visit Bali. We will take care of this disease as soon as possible. More importantly, just be more alert," he said.
Perhaps this is just an attempt to show they are doing something about the Legionella outbreak? Or perhaps the Legionella is just an excuse to institute thermal scanning for H1N1 or H5N1? OR perhaps they are poorly informed as to how Legionella spreads?
Thermal Scanners Back in Bali Airport
Made Arya Kencana | January 21, 2011
File photo of a thermal scanner used at Bali's Ngurah Rai airport. (Reuters Photo)
Related articles
Health Ministry Yet to Find Traces of Legionnaire?s Disease in Bali 12:39pm Jan 20, 2011
Breaking News: Indonesia Probing Legionnaire's Outbreak on Bali 2:45pm Jan 18, 2011
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megoblok6:43pm Jan 21, 2011How do Thermal Scanners for Incoming Passengers locate Legionnaires Disease when its caused by A/Cs downtown?
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Denpasar. Thermal scanners are now back in place at the arrival area of Ngurah Rai International Airport. According to Nyoman Sutedja, head of the Health Office of Bali, this was done to prevent Legionnaire's disease from getting into the tourist island.
The thermal scanners were also in place during the bird flu epidemic (H5N1), Singapore flu and swine flu (H1N1).
The reactivation of the body heat scanners is in connection with the ongoing investigation regarding the source of Legionnaire's disease that has reported to have spread in the island.
Some tourists said that they caught the disease after traveling to Kuta.
"With disinfectants, hopefully the spread of the disease can be prevented," Sutedja said.
He said that so far, there have been 11 foreign tourists who have been diagnosed with Legionnaire disease, consisting of 9 Australian citizens, 1 dutch citizen and 1 French citizen. All of them have returned to their respective countries.
Legionnaire?s disease is a form of severe pneumonia.
The disease easily infects middle-aged and elderly people, particularly those who smoke or who have lung disease, diabetes, kidney disease or a weak immune system.
Symptoms could include fever, chills, muscle soreness, headaches, tiredness, reduced appetite, diarrhea, dry coughing and breathlessness.
Legionnaire?s disease is caused by bacteria that grow in water, particularly warm environments such as hot tubs, hot water tanks, plumbing systems and air-conditioning systems.
It is contracted through inhalation of contaminated water droplets and is not known to be transmitted from person to person.
Meanwhile, the head of the Human Resource and Protocol Bureau of the Bali provincial government, Putu Suardika, admitted that the rising cases of Legionnaire's could negatively impact Bali's tourism.
?We have asked hotels to be proactive if there are guests with similar symptoms," he said.
He also asked tourists not to panic.
?Please visit Bali. We will take care of this disease as soon as possible. More importantly, just be more alert," he said.