After the Administration Began Enhanced Screenings for TravelersReturning from Italy and Other European Countries on March 14, ItDid Not Robustly Screen for CoronavirusSymptoms. Ofthe approximately 250,000 airline passengers returning fromtravel-restricted countries that were screened by Department ofHomeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Officebetween January 17, 2020, and March 29, 2020, “just under 1,500”(around 0.6%) were referred to CDC for public healthscreenings. And only about ten percent of passengers hadtheir temperatures checked. CWMD conveyed that its informalpolicy is to check about one out of every ten passengers, in partbecause they “don’t want to slow thingsdown. 【】
