For example, he said customs officials should be required to ask arriving passengers if they feel unwell at airports. He also wants to see public health staff in the arrivals halls of all international airports actively screening passengers. Currently, health officials are on-site at just two airports, Auckland and Christchurch, and screening is not mandatory. But he has called on the Government to beef up its plans, in case the outbreak does reach New Zealand's shores. But it isn't the World Health Organisation's job to calculate the risks and benefits of continuing to accept travellers from China."

Source: Otago Daily Times January 27, 2020 01:07 UTC