China’s aviation regulator is recommending cabin crew on charter flights to higher-threat Covid-19 destinations put on disposable diapers and stay away from employing the bathroom to decrease the threat of infection.
The guidance comes in a 38-web page list of suggestions for airlines to protect against the spread of coronavirus. The sixth edition echoes equivalent guidelines in prior, significantly less lengthy versions.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China mentioned the recommendation applies for charter flights to and from nations and regions exactly where infections exceed 500 in each one particular million people today.
The diaper guidance is in a section on private protective gear, which also recommends the following for cabin crew:
- Medical protective masks
- Double-layer disposable healthcare rubber gloves
- Goggles
- Disposable caps
- Disposable protective clothes
- Disposable shoe covers
Flight crew should really put on masks and goggles, but they do not want diapers.
Other guidance for the flights contains dividing the cabin into “clean area, buffer zone, passenger sitting area and quarantine area,” separated by disposable curtains. The final 3 rows should really be designated as an emergency quarantine region, mentioned CAAC. CAAC declined to disclose any extra facts on the suggestions.
China’s aviation market place was hit really hard at the onset of the outbreak in Wuhan and subsequent spread about the nation. But it has recovered — on the domestic front at least — to close to pre-pandemic levels, although other regions such as Europe and the U.S. struggle to bring Covid-19 below handle.
Airlines have insisted that it is protected to fly for the duration of the pandemic, partly thanks to the hospital-grade air filters on planes, but some researchers say it is not however clear to conclude there is minimal threat. Some situations have documented transmission on flights when passengers wore masks and sat far apart.
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