New Delhi, Apr 07: NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India does not plan to screen Singapore's prime minister for the deadly pneumonia-like SARS virus when he arrives in New Delhi on Monday for a state visit but his delegation will be checked, a health official said. Officials travelling with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's delegation from the city state, which has the world's fourth-highest number of SARS cases, will have to declare their recent medical history when they land at Indira Gandhi airport late on Monday, the health ministry official said.

"No, 99.9 percent he won't have to," the official, who did not want to be identified, told Reuters when asked if Goh would be screened for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that has killed more than 90 people worldwide and infected over 2,600. "It's just a diplomatic courtesy (by us)," he said.

India, which has not reported any SARS cases, is on high alert to prevent entry of the virus and airport authorities have been screening passengers coming into the country.

Airport authorities said they had increased the number of doctors at their medical centre to 10 from three to help immigration officials screen passengers.

Goh cancelled on Sunday a trip to China because of the virus, which emerged in southern China in November. He will be in New Delhi for three days.

The virus has killed two more people in Singapore, bringing the nation's death toll from the disease to eight in two weeks, state television reported on Monday. The World Health Organisation says Singapore has nearly contained its epidemic. Just five new cases were reported over the weekend, taking the total number of infections to 106. Bureau Report