At Hong Kong airport, a screen shows the location of a person in the airport, while immigration and health inspectors check the temperature and travel routes of visitors to see if they have the H1N1 virus (Image: Sinopix / Rex Features) Health screening officers watch a thermal scanner at Changi Airport Terminal 3 in Singapore (Image: Charles Pertwee / Rex Features)
WHEN aviation officials chose Mexico City for a meeting to discuss their response to pandemic outbreaks, they could scarcely have predicted swine flu would intervene. “The irony was amazing,” says Tony Evans of the …
