DOH to screen for coronavirus at RSW

Southwest Florida International Airport says the Florida Department of Health will start screening people for the coronavirus at the airport as early as Thursday.

AND DESOTO IS NOW UP TO FOUR.FLORIDA NOW HAS CLOSE TOTWO-THOUSAND CASES.TO CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OFTRAVEL-RELATED CASES... AND TOKEEP MORE CASES FROM SPREADING--SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONALAIRPORT SAYS THE FLORIDADEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WILL STARSCREENING PEOPLE.JESSICA WHEN COULD THIS START?THE AIRPORT WAS ONLY ABLE TOPROVIDE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THESESCREENINGS HAVE TO DO WITH THEGOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER, FORANYONE FLYING IN FROM THE NEWYORK CITY AREAWE KNOW FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH STAFF, ALONG WITH LAWENFORCEMENT ARE CURRENTLYMEETING TRAVELERS ARRIVING ONTHESE FLIGHTS.THEY’RE REQUIRED TO ISOLATE FOR14-DAYS AND BE MONITORED BY THED-O-H, TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OFTHE VIRUS.THEY MUST COMPLETE A FORMREGARDING TRAVEL HISTORY ANDTRIP DETAILS.THE D-O-H WILL THEN ISSUE THEAPPROPRIATE ISOLATION ORQUARANTINE ORDER.I CHECKED THE AIRPORT’S ARRIVALSCHEDULE FOR TODAY.A NUMBER OF FLIGHTS SCHEDULED TOARRIVE FROM THE NEW YORK AREAHAVE ACTUALLY BEEN CANCELED.HOWEVER, AT LEAST ONE IS STILLSCHEDULED TO ARRIVE FROM J-F-KTHIS AFTERNOON.IF THESE ARE THE SCREENINGSR-S-W IS REFERENCING, WE KNOWTHE GOVERNOR HAS SAID THAT THEFLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD WILL ALSOBE ONSITE... WORKING WITH D-O-HSTAFF TO MAKE SURE THESCREENINGS RUN SMOOTHLY.We actually had the nationalguard at the check in forflights coming in, only doingNYC area, coming in everyone’sgetting processed and thatinformation is going to beshared with the various regions.So if fly into Miami, we’going to let those folks knowyou’re there just so we can keeppeople safe.TRAVELERS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TOFOLLOW THAT ISOLATION ORDER.D-O-H STAFF WILL GIVE EACHPASSENGER A TRAVELER CARD WITHINFORMATION ON WHAT TO DO IFTHEY START TO SHOW SYMPTOMS.WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE FLORIDDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ISWORKING TO COMPILE FLIGHT DATAFROM ALL OF THE AIRPORTS