Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Disinfect Planes Every Day, Keep Sanitizers - DGCA Issues Guideline For Airlines to Prevent Spread of Covid-19

The unprecedented spike in the number of cases of the Covid-19 has spread fear among nations forcing a handful of them to seal their borders and impose travel restrictions.
In light of the rising cases of Covid-19 in India, the DGCA has issued guidelines for airlines to prevent the spread of disease on planes. A few pointers of the new guidelines include:

-- Deep clean and disinfect aircraft once in 24 hours.

-- Disinfect lavatories, galleys at transit stations.

-- All aircraft to be equipped with at least one universal precaution kits.

-- Aircraft to be equipped with adequate hand sanitizers.

-- Advise crew members to keep passenger interaction to a minimum.

The unprecedented spike in the number of cases of the Covid-19 has spread fear among nations forcing a handful of them to seal their borders and impose travel restrictions. On the same issue, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) tweeted a video featuring infectious disease expert, Dr. Bogoch that claimed that the risk of contracting an infection on flight is remarkably low.
17/03/20 News18.com
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