China tells flight cabin crew to wear nappies on risky COVID routes

• Medical protective masks
• Double-layer disposable medical rubber gloves
• Goggles
• Disposable caps
• Disposable protective clothing
• Disposable shoe covers

Flight crew should wear masks and goggles, but they don’t need nappies.

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Other advice for the flights includes dividing the cabin into “clean area, buffer zone, passenger sitting area and quarantine area,” separated by disposable curtains. The last three rows should be designated as an emergency quarantine area, CAAC said.

China’s aviation market was hit hard at the onset of the outbreak in Wuhan and subsequent spread around the country. But it has recovered — on the domestic front at least — to close to pre-pandemic levels, while other regions such as Europe and the US struggle to bring COVID-19 under control.

Airlines have insisted that it is safe to fly during the pandemic, partly thanks to the hospital-grade air filters on planes, but some researchers say it isn’t yet clear to conclude there’s minimal risk.

Some cases have documented transmission on flights when passengers wore masks and sat far apart.

Bloomberg