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The East African
Monday January 25 2021
A passengers waits to undergo clearance and body temperature checks after arriving at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, on August 1, 2020. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Summary
At the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, passengers disembark from their planes and head straight to the Covid-19 screening bay.
Automated cameras with inbuilt thermometers measure the temperatures of dozens of people in the socially distanced queue, displaying the results on a large screen. Their passports are also scanned to digitally verify their Covid-19 certificates.
Antonia Filmer, a British businesswoman who recently used the innovation at JKIA recently, says the airport s digital coordination is speeding up passenger clearance at the airport compared to airports in Europe.