§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 14 May 2003, Official Report, column 321W, on severe acute respiratory syndrome, whether the World Health Organisation 177W has advised against screening international travellers arriving in the UK from areas where local transmission of SARS is occurring by (a) a declaration and (b) a temperature check. [115521]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe World Health Organisation's advice remains that international travellers departing from areas with local transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), should be screened for possible SARS at the point of departure. Such screening involves answering questions related to their current health and may include a temperature check.