Mass thermal screening at airports for Covid-19 is ineffective, Hiqa finds

The report “summarises the best available evidence on whether non-contact thermal screening could be used to effectively identify cases of Covid-19”. File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) has found that mass thermal screening for coronavirus at airports is ineffective.

It is one of two evidence summaries published today to support the National Public Health Emergency Team’s (Nphet's) response to Covid-19.