Passengers of Batumi-Moscow flights inspected at Moscow airport

Doctors used contactless thermometers, and found a child with a fever of 38.0 on board. Photo: Telegram channel Mash.

Agenda.ge, 30 Jun 2019 - 18:59, Tbilisi,Georgia

Passengers of Batumi-Moscow flights have had their temperature checked at Moscow Airport Domodedovo, reports Russian media.

Employees of Rospotrebnadzor (Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being) inspected passengers of  Ural Airlines in order to identify passengers with a high fever, Russian news agency Interfax reports.

In order to prevent the entry and spread of infectious diseases on the territory of the Russian Federation, employees of the sanitary and quarantine control point at Domodedovo Airport carried out an inspection of the aircraft which arrived at 15:56 on the Batumi-Moscow flight”, Interfax wrote.

Doctors used contactless thermometers, and found a child with a fever of 38.0 on board. 

The child was diagnosed with pharyngitis. Parents refused to hospitalise the child.

Rospotrebnadzor claims that “all actions of the staff of the department were carried out in accordance with international health regulations”, reports Interfax. 

To note, Russian President Vladimir Putin banned flights to Georgia starting July 8.