Cancun Airport - Swine Flu Report

Cancun Airport, like other places in Mexico, is feeling the pinch from swine flu epidemic. The airport has been flooded by tourists trying to get out. A number of tourists have been found infected after getting back from Cancun and this has added to the tourist anxiety.

29 Apr 2009 (CancunCanuck)
The Cancun airport is the first in Mexico to install 50 new heat thermometers to detect passengers with elevated fevers. Are these the kind of thermometers used?

Other reports from Cancun tell of lockdowns similar to what is going on in all of Mexico. Schools are closed, archeological parks including Chichen Itza and Tulum are closed. Large gatherings are banned. Sales of flu antivirus are on the increase.

Xcaret is open (per front page of their website). Xel ha is probably still open (nothing on their website indicating otherwise). I think the difference between the archeological closures and ecopark being open is that archeo closures are ordered from Federal Government, whereas eco-park closures will be ordered by State Government.

Here are additional resources for your review:

Flu in QR (Cancun area)? - and Cancun Airport Report - Flu report from the State of Quintana Roo (Cancun) and Cancun Airport Status.

Yes, I Went To Mexico Last Week - We’d just been to the most popular tourist destination in Mexico, flew in and out of Cancun Airport, and didn’t have an inkling of any kind of flu epidemic. NADA. There were no red flags, warning signs posted about the airport in Cancun …

Airline seats to Mexico easy to come by - - Asur, which operates Cancun Airport and eight others in southeast Mexico, didn’t release specific figures and said it was too soon to know what the financial impact on the company would be.Air Canada has suspended operations to …

Cancun and Swine Flu: Should You Be Concerned ? - The point about Cancun Airport was not that everyone is being quarantined (sigh!) but that they have health units on high alert to take care of passengers that show flu-like symptoms. This info is being reported from the follwoing …

Travel firms cancel flights to Mexico for leaving 10000 Britons … - couple at Manchester Airport. Holiday woe: A couple try to find out more after being told their trip is off. Britons coming off a flight from Cancun at Manchester Airport this morning. Back home: Britons coming off a flight from Cancun …