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Take that Covid!: Qatar Airways goes touchless - Asia Times
▻https://asiatimes.com/2021/02/take-that-covid-qatar-airways-goes-touchless

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According to Wikipedia, US Marines are taught to be able to overcome any obstacle.The concept is encapsulated in the slogan “Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.”And that’s exactly what Qatar Airways is doing, in its battle with Covid.The airline announced that it will soon introduce a touchless technology — that’s right, touchless — on its flights as a way of protecting its passengers against the coronavirus.The Doha-based airline’s Zero Touch technology allows passengers to access in-flight entertainment without touching the screen on the seat in front of them, as is customary on flights, Al Monitor reported.Instead, they are able to pair a phone or other electronic device to Qatar’s entertainment system via Wi-Fi and navigate through the options on their devices. It also allows for passengers to use their own Bluetooth headphones, Qatar Airways said in a press release last week.The touchless option is expected to be rolled out from late March onward, a Qatar Airways spokeswoman told Al-Monitor on Sunday.
“The introduction of the state-of-the-art Zero-Touch technology, and enabling passengers to use their personal Bluetooth headset on board is an important step in taking our already rigorous and stringent Covid-19 precautions to another level, limiting passenger surface contact and preventing any possible spread of infection on board,” Qatar Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said. “We hope it provides yet further assurance of the safety of air travel, as well as offering passengers on board increased confidence that they are enjoying the most consistently advanced customer experience available in the sky,” Al Baker continued.Covid-19 can live for a time on various surfaces, but health experts have yet to determine if surface-to-person is a likely form of transmission, Al-Monitor reported.Airlines around the world, including Qatar, are still deep cleaning and disinfecting cabins in between flights anyway. Qatar Airways is unique among Gulf carriers in that it never stopped regularly scheduled passenger flight

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Thailand welcomes first tourists since March - Asia Times
▻https://asiatimes.com/2020/10/thailand-welcomes-first-tourists-since-march

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Thailand has welcomed its first group of tourists in seven months, as part of an experiment aimed at testing if a wider opening is possible as the coronavirus cripples the kingdom’s economy.A planeload of 39 Chinese tourists flew into Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport Tuesday evening from Shanghai to a welcome from staff in full protective equipment.
The visitors underwent health checks and had their luggage disinfected, before donning protective clothing themselves and being whisked away for two weeks’ quarantine.“It’s a welcome sign that foreigners are confident in our safety measures,” Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said in a statement. “I instructed officials to take good care of the tourists, because if they’re safe, Thais are safe too.”

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Rapid one-hour Covid tests begin at Heathrow airport | Business | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/20/rapid-covid-test-heathrow-aiiport-coronavirus-cost-italy-hong-kong
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Rapid one-hour Covid tests begin at Heathrow airportPassengers flying from London Heathrow to Hong Kong and Italy will be able to have a rapid Covid-19 test at the airport before checking in from Tuesday.The test costs £80 and results will be available within an hour.The aim is to provide rapid Covid-19 tests for passengers travelling to destinations that require pre-departure tests, including Hong Kong and Italy.
British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Cathay Pacific, which all fly routes that require pre-departure tests, will be the first airlines to offer it, according to the two companies that will run the testing, Collinson, a medical and security assistance firm, and Swissport, the ground and cargo handling company.A throat and nose swab will be taken to test for Covid-19. The test is known as a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (Lamp) test. It differs from a PCR test, which is used by the NHS, because it can be processed quickly without being sent to a laboratory.The tests will be carried out by Collinson nurses in new facilities within Heathrow terminals 2 and 5. Passengers must book their test online with Collinson before going to the airport.The swab will be processed at the airport by staff from one of Collinson’s biotech partners, Prenetics. The Lamp test is less sensitive than the PCR test, but is considered to be better than an antigen test, another rapid option. John Holland-Kaye, the chief executive of Heathrow airport, said: “Many other countries are already using testing to keep their borders safe while restarting trade and travel. These facilities will make it easier for passengers going to those countries to get a test and have the potential to provide a service for arriving passengers.”

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Inside Ice’s pattern of medical neglect as immigrants flown on its planes | US news | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/19/ice-air-immigration-medical-negligence
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The first time Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) flew Marta across the country, she feared catching the coronavirus. After five months of being shuttled among various facilities, she was worried about infecting others. In February, when her cross-country journeys started, Ice knew Marta’s lupus and asthma could increase her risk of contracting the virus and experiencing severe symptoms. By late June, she had tested positive for Covid-19. The detention center clinic gave her pills to suppress her cough, she said. “Nothing else.” Ice didn’t retest Marta, who asked to use a pseudonym for fear of agency retaliation. But a few weeks later in July, it put her on one of its chartered jets with dozens of other detainees.
Marta’s story isn’t an anomaly of the current crisis – it exemplifies a broader pattern of medical negligence on Ice flights, a Capital & Main investigation has found. Heart attacks, miscarriages and even a death have all occurred on Ice flights since 2012, according to complaints filed with the agency. Ice says it has ramped up health screenings and sanitation measures on its flights to prevent spreading the coronavirus. But even before the pandemic complicated safe transport, the agency consistently failed to provide adequate medical care to detainees on its chartered jets, sometimes leading to dire health outcomes. Ice has been aware of these problems since at least 2016, according to the agency’s own records. But mismanagement, an opaque privatized flight system and issues with the agency’s formal complaint system have allowed the problems to persist outside of public view.
Despite outcry from activists and warnings from medical professionals, Ice has continued flying immigration detainees across the country and around the world on its network of private planes throughout the pandemic. Onboard Ice flights, the agency frequently fails to provide adequate care. And agency staff are well aware of the problem, which has come up more than 100 times during internal meetings from 2016 to 2019. Marta’s story illustrates one common issue identified in the internal records: Ice staff have repeatedly neglected to get advance approval before transporting detainees with medical conditions, including people who were exposed to infectious diseases. During the pandemic, Ice says, every flight has an extra medical provider on board, and before detainees are cleared for travel, a medical professional reviews each medical record.

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