BEIJING: China’s civil aviation authority is stepping up measures to prevent novel coronavirus cases from being imported from other virus-hit nations via international flights, as the outbreak slows within the country but picks up speed across the world.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will work with the departments of foreign affairs, customs, public security, health and immigration, as well as the Beijing municipal government to strengthen the management of international flights, Zhu Tao, chief of the CAAC’s flight standard department, said on Thursday.
Airlines are urged to enhance disinfection and ventilation to ensure safe travel for passengers, he said.
The CAAC requires carriers to take the temperature of each passenger and set up an emergency quarantine zone onboard. –Agencies
