JAKARTA - Indonesia has announced measures, including tighter checks on incoming travellers, to prevent the entry of the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) into the country. Indonesia has no known SARS cases although a 17-year-old Indonesian student in Singapore has contracted SARS after visiting Guangdong and Hong Kong, and an Indonesian embassy spokesman in Singapore says an Indonesian crew member has died, possibly of SARS, on a voyage from Hong Kong to Singapore.
Immigration department spokesman, Ade Endang Dahlan, says the increased surveillance will focus on passengers arriving from SARS affected countries. He says immigration staff are wearing masks and incoming passengers must fill in a health form. He says any suspicious cases will be isolated and, if they are found to be carrying the disease, they will be deported to their country of departure.
The health ministry has opened special phone lines for inquiries and briefed hospitals across the country on the disease. The virus has killed 60 people worldwide and infected 1,700.
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JAKARTA - Indonesia has announced measures, including tighter checks on incoming travellers, to prevent the entry of the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) into the country. Indonesia has no known SARS cases although a 17-year-old Indonesian student in Singapore has contracted SARS after visiting Guangdong and Hong Kong, and an Indonesian embassy spokesman in Singapore says an Indonesian crew member has died, possibly of SARS, on a voyage from Hong Kong to Singapore. 
