{"id":103975,"date":"2020-12-10T18:45:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T18:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=103975"},"modified":"2020-12-10T18:46:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T18:46:04","slug":"china-suggests-flight-attendants-use-diapers-to-prevent-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2020\/12\/china-suggests-flight-attendants-use-diapers-to-prevent-covid.html","title":{"rendered":"China suggests flight attendants use diapers to prevent Covid."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the coronavirus pandemic progresses, transportation officials around the world have been looking for ways to keep passengers and crew safe on board aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>IATA and pilots ask to exempt crews Covid-19 tests.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 25, China’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) issued new guidelines for the country’s airline industry, reported CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The document, entitled Technical Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Airline Epidemics, Sixth Edition, contains advice on best hygiene practices to be carried out on aircraft and at airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>A New York airport tests a blockchain-based coronavirus cleaning application.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But one of those suggestions, that staff, such as flight attendants, use disposable diapers so they don’t have to go to the bathroom, has raised some eyebrows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A section on PPE advises cabin crew on flights to and from high-risk countries to use “medical masks, double-layer disposable medical gloves, goggles, disposable hats, disposable protective clothing, and disposable shoe covers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next sentence reads: “It is recommended that cabin crew members use disposable diapers and avoid using the restrooms except under special circumstances to avoid risk of infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this advice may seem dramatic, it’s no secret that bathrooms can be the most germ-ridden place on an airplane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, a woman traveling from Italy to South Korea contracted coronavirus during her trip, and a visit to the bathroom, the only place where she removed her N95 mask, was named as the possible source of her infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airplane bathroom design was already a hot topic before covid-19, but the pandemic has focused efforts on finding new solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Japanese airline ANA announced earlier this year that it was testing a prototype of a new hands-free bathroom door. Meanwhile, Boeing successfully applied for a patent on a “self-cleaning sink” that would use ultraviolet light to clean 99.9 percent of the germs in the bathroom after each use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Lilit Marcus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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