MANILA - The Philippines main airport, NAIA, said Wednesday it would tighten health checks once commercial air travel resumes from 2 months of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The "new normal" at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, according to the Manila International Airport Authority, include:

1. Wearing of face mask will be required inside the facility, said MIAA. It said it also purchased some 133,750 surgical face masks and for its workers and was clarifying with health authorities which type of personal protective equipment should be used.

2. Everyone entering the airport complex must have their body temperature checked. Security personnel have 81 infrared thermometer guns, said MIAA.

3. Passengers will be required to sit one seat apart and observe physical distancing when lining up, airport management said.

MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal has ordered the installation of acrylic barriers in all 330 check-in counters and help desks at NAIA. Fifty-seven check-in counters at the Terminal 1 have acrylic barriers, as of Wednesday morning, said MIAA.

4. The Office for Transportation Security will use walk-through x-ray machines, portable scanners and handheld metal detectors, "effectively limiting pat down or manual frisking to exceptional instances or situations", said MIAA.

5. Only passengers with valid travel documents and confirmed bookings for the day will be allowed to enter the airport facility.

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6. All NAIA facilities and equipment will be disinfected regularly. Its comfort rooms will get a "steady supply" of handwash, hand sanitizers, toilet paper and paper towels, said MIAA.

NAIA uses 13 gallons of hand sanitizers a day in the last 3 months, up from 5 gallons a day before the COVID-19 crisis, its management said.

7. The airport will keep foot baths in all entry and exit points, including boarding bridges and areas where passengers disembark and board the aircraft, said MIAA.

8. Authorities will put up safety precaution posters and health guidelines across NAIA. Information boards and MIAA's social media sites will also release alert bulletins.

9. All passengers will be required to electronically fill-out health declaration and locator forms for contact tracing.

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