01-28-2020, 02:34 PM
Enhancing airports emergency procedures
January 28, 2020
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Global airports have ramped up their screening processes. International travelers arriving in some International Airport have signage on electronic arrival screens informing them of a multi-layered government response.”
January 28, 2020
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[url=https://thenationonlineng.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Corona-virus-sreening.jpg]The outbreak and spread of Corona Virus in Far East Asia is creating distortions in global air travel, forcing airlines and airport authorities to escalate emergency management procedures at points of entry. Nigeria is not left out of the move, with a raft of measures unveiled by regulators for air crew, air navigation services providers, passengers and other airport users to detect and curtail possible spread of the deadly virus, KELVIN OSA OKUNBOR reports.
CoronaVirus is dealing a deadly blow on global air travel. Since January 7, 2020 when the first case of the deadly virus broke out in the Central City of Wuhan, Hubei Province in China, its devastating effects have been felt in Japan, Thailand, South Korea and the United States with many people already killed and over 300 reportedly infected.
Besides the harvests of death already recorded as effects of Corona Virus, the pandemic is creating huge distortions in global air travel as airlines have started canceling flights to some parts of the world to curtail the spread of the virus.
Global bodies including World Health Organisation (WHO), International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and others have escalated containment measures to avert possible spread of the virus and its debilitating effects on global air travel.
At least 25 people are dead in China and more than 800 infected as the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread throughout Asia and across the world.
To underscore the effects of the virus, three Chinese cities – Wuhan, Huanggang, and Ezhou are under lockdown. The cities are also under travel restrictions.
Affected areas include Wuhan, the city of 11 million people where the outbreak began.
As a consequence, many countries including Nigeria, US, UK and Australia have commenced precautionary measures, such as health screenings at airports.
This is just as the WHO said the virus does not constitute “a public health emergency of international concern.
Global airports have ramped up their screening processes. International travelers arriving in some International Airport have signage on electronic arrival screens informing them of a multi-layered government response.”