If you are planning to travel outside of the United States you may need to undergo screening upon arrival.
The Centers for Disease Control says that international travelers arriving in Japan or China can expect to go through a screening center.
Right now the United States is NOT screening passenger who are leaving, or arriving.
Here is a list of things you may encounter at a screening checkpoint:
***COURTESY - CDC
When you travel internationally from the United States, officials in other countries may ask you to:
- Pass by a scanning device that checks your temperature. (The device may look like an airport metal detector, a camera, or a handheld device.) In some countries this may be done before you disembark at your destination.
- Have your temperature taken with an oral or ear thermometer
- Fill out a sheet of questions about your health
- Review information about the symptoms of 2009 H1N1 flu
- Give your address, phone number, and other contact information
- Be quarantined for a period of time if a passenger on your flight is found to have symptoms of 2009 H1N1 flu
- Contact health authorities in the country you are visiting to let them know if you become ill
If you have a fever or respiratory symptoms or are suspected to have 2009 H1N1 flu based on screening, you may be asked to:
- Be isolated from other people until you are well
- Have a medical examination
- Take a rapid flu test (which consists of a nasal swab sample)
- Be hospitalized and given medical treatment, if you test positive for 2009 H1N1 flu
