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Eastern Iowa Airport is implementing a COVID-19 screening for passengers using CARES Act funds.
Flyers must submit to a health questionnaire and a temperature check before proceeding to the gate.
Airport employees that work in the secure area will also go through the screening.
The check-in process at one regional airport now includes a temperature check and health questionnaire.
Eastern Iowa Airport is moving forward with a plan to use some of the $22.8 million it received under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to form a COVID-19 screening checkpoint for departing passengers.
Starting January 25, flyers will undergo the pre-flight health screening conducted by staff from the Mercy Medical Center in nearby Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The 10-second screening will include a temperature check and a health questionnaire to determine potential exposure to or contraction of the virus.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a focus on leisure traffic in the U.S. Due to the shift, airlines have launched new flights in the South to attract leisure traffic to warmer destinations, particularl