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Article: Thai Airways bans passengers with flu-like symptoms due to spread of new pneumonia.
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- March 19, 2003
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Thai Airways International has announced plans to ban passengers with flu-like symptoms from its aircraft.
In an attempt to stop a new strain of pneumonia from spreading to Thailand, the airline will closely monitor passengers on flights to and from southern China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam, where the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was first reported. Sufferers of SARS display flu-like symptoms, such ...