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COVID-19 outbreak on 18-hr New Zealand flight show that lax vigilance, proximity remain key transmission risks
Multiple layers of prevention are necessary for safe air travel, including testing before boarding, social distancing on flights and masks, experts say.
Jan 18, 2021 10:17:59 IST
The millions of airline passengers who traveled over the holidays experienced firsthand the unsettling uncertainties that come with flying during a pandemic. The anxious glances. The awkward semi-distancing. The haphazard mask etiquette, and the absence of regular service. In an effort to reassure, the airlines have updated and adjusted their requirements for travelers, with patchwork results. Some airlines work to maintain social distance, both at the gate and at boarding; others are less vigilant. Mask-wearing is dependent on passenger compliance, and not predictable; nor, increasingly, is flight capacity, which can range from 20% to nearly full.
Covid 19 coronavirus: One 18-hour flight to NZ, four coronavirus infections
16 Jan, 2021 09:22 PM
6 minutes to read
By: Benedict Carey
An outbreak aboard a September flight from Dubai to New Zealand offers researchers, and airlines, an opportunity to study in-transit contagion. The millions of airline passengers around the world who travelled over the holidays experienced firsthand the unsettling uncertainties that come with flying during a pandemic. The anxious glances. The awkward semi-distancing. The haphazard mask etiquette, and the absence of regular service.
In an effort to reassure, the airlines have updated and adjusted their requirements for travellers, with patchwork results. Some airlines work to maintain social distance, both at the gate and at boarding; others are less vigilant. Mask-wearing is dependent on passenger compliance, and not predictable; nor, increasingly, is flight capacity, which can range from 20 per cent to nearly full.
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