CHENGDU: Medical workers conduct a health check on a Chinese citizen who has just returned from Iran in Chengdu, Sichuan province. A chartered plane brought 164 Chinese citizens back from Iran on Wednesday morning. All of them were put under quarantine.
A total of 164 Chinese citizens onboard China Southern Airlines flight CZ3004 arrived in Chengdu, Sichuan province, from Iran on March 11, the Chengdu Health Commission said.
Employees from Chengdu Customs took the temperature of all people onboard.
None of the passengers had a fever, but 21 reported coughs or other respiratory symptoms, the city’s health commission said.
They were transferred by special ambulance to a designated hospital for further screening, and the other 143 passengers were transferred to a designated hotel in the Shuangliu district of Chengdu near the airport. They will be quarantined in the hotel for 14 days, the commission said. An official with the commission said only a small number of passengers are Chengdu locals. Most are Chinese citizens from different parts of the country, she said. All the passengers were flown to Chengdu through an arrangement by the central government, said the official, who asked not to be named.
– The Daily Mail-China Daily News exchange item
