Hot arrivals from Mexico face swine flu scrutiny

CHIBA (Kyodo) Japan went on high alert for swine flu Saturday in light of the deadly outbreaks in Mexico, tightening health checks and inspections on passengers and live pigs arriving from the country.

Welcome to Japan: A family arriving from Mexico is checked out with a thermographic device at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday. KYODO PHOTO

The quarantine station at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture began using thermographic imaging to check passengers' temperatures to detect fevers that could be caused by swine flu infections, quarantine officials said.
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