Philippines to implement air passengers’ info-sharing system
The Philippines will soon put into use an integrated system for sharing information of air passengers between airlines and government agencies to cut delays in tracing people suspected of being infected with the coronavirus (2019-nCoV), according to the country’s Department of Justice.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Philippines will soon put into use an integratedsystem for sharing information of air passengers between airlines andgovernment agencies to cut delays in tracing people suspected of being infectedwith the coronavirus (2019-nCoV), according to the country’s Department ofJustice.
Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the Bureau ofImmigration (BI)’s Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) would help thegovernment with leads on the whereabouts of passengers in a flight in case theyneed to be contacted.
The system requires airlines to provide the BI with passengers’ detailedinformation before they arrive at terminals, he said, adding the informationwill be useful, especially in contact tracing efforts.
The two confirmed nCoV cases in the Philippines, whotraveled from China’s Wuhan via Hong Kong and then to Cebu, Dumaguete andManila on board Cebu Pacific and the Philippine Airlines flights, have promptedthe government’s efforts to trace people they had contact with, includingpassengers seated near them during the flights.
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Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete (Photo: pna.gov.ph) 
