New Delhi: Taking A cue from recent outbreak of diseases like swine flu and Ebola, the Union health ministry has placed Indian airports and airlines on radar for sanitisation and quality of food and drinks they serve.
The ministry has come up with the Indian Aircraft (Public Health) Rules 2015 that would soon be notified in the Indian Gazette. The rules will be forwarded to all the airlines and airports.
The central government will designate a National International Health Regulation (IHR) focal point for the implementation of these stringent health measures. A task force to deal with public health emergency of international magnitude or any other infectious disease would also be constituted.
The ministry has brought airports within the fold of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The move would ensure that the airport health officer would not only carry out health screening of travellers, but also supervise hygiene levels in the premises.
27/12/14 Neetu Chandra Sharma/Mail Today/India Today
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The ministry has come up with the Indian Aircraft (Public Health) Rules 2015 that would soon be notified in the Indian Gazette. The rules will be forwarded to all the airlines and airports.
The central government will designate a National International Health Regulation (IHR) focal point for the implementation of these stringent health measures. A task force to deal with public health emergency of international magnitude or any other infectious disease would also be constituted.
The ministry has brought airports within the fold of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The move would ensure that the airport health officer would not only carry out health screening of travellers, but also supervise hygiene levels in the premises.
27/12/14 Neetu Chandra Sharma/Mail Today/India Today
