The European Aviation Safety Agency and the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a joint statement, suggesting that all passengers arriving in the EU from China must provide a pre-departure screening certificate, and the wastewater on the plane should be tested for Wuhan pneumonia virus.

Pictured is Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris.

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[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] China officially opened its borders on the 8th, and Western countries have successively introduced anti-epidemic policies against Chinese tourists entering the country. In this regard, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) issued a joint statement on Tuesday, It is recommended that all passengers flying from China to the EU must provide a pre-departure screening certificate, and the wastewater on the plane should be tested for the Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) virus.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the European Aviation Safety Agency and the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention jointly issued an expanded part of the "Aviation Health and Safety Protocol" on the 10th, in order to reduce the risk of geographical spread of new variant virus strains traveling between different regions by air. Therefore, coordinated preventive measures should be taken against the recent development of the epidemic in China.

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The statement suggested that all passengers arriving in the EU, including direct flights or transit flights from China, should provide the results of the Wuhan pneumonia screening before departure, passengers and crew should wear medical masks on board, and strengthen the cleaning and disinfection of these flights , and, where available, consider crew vaccination status prior to assignment.

The statement also mentioned that random sampling and genetic sequencing tests can also be carried out on some passengers at random, so as to obtain information on any new variant virus strains in the region of origin as early as possible, as well as airports with international flights and passengers from Chinese aircraft. Wastewater, monitoring infection levels and tracking potential new mutant strains.

Luc Tytgat, director of strategy and safety management at EASA, said that due to the recent rapid increase in the number of confirmed cases in China, this expanded protocol is used to ensure aviation health and safety and limit the spread of the virus to other regions. It is a temporary measure, and it is set as an appropriate response measure. If there is any regional outbreak of the new crown virus in the future, these measures can be applied.

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