An employee of Japan Airlines (JAL), wearing protective mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), scans the temperature to a passenger at the almost empty Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan, March 14, 2020. The plan laid out by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Airports Council International to reassure governments it is safe for the public to fly includes contact tracing, temperature screening, social distancing, extra cleaning and wearing masks. Many airlines and airports around the world are implementing measures such as requiring masks and leaving middle seats empty, in some cases due to government requirements. Should health-screening measures be necessary, it should be done long before passengers arrive at the airport, the document said. “There is currently no single measure that could mitigate all the risks of restarting air travel,” the document concluded.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 13, 2020 02:15 UTC