General objective:
Maintain a health surveillance system that allows for prevention of
entry and spread of diseases in our country, making
comply with health regulations and promote a 'work plan'
multisectoral, where containment measures are considered and
response to public health events of importance
national and international.
Specific objective:
To capture reliable, accurate, and quality information that allows for
prevention actions and health controls at airports.
Establish coordination with the other institutions that work in the
airports, to promote and carry out prevention interventions,
containment and proactive health control.
Establish procedures for prevention, containment, and response measures
immediate in the face of public health events.
Establish a program of outreach and continuing education
doctors and/or health workers at all airports to
national level or throughout the country.
Aviation health safety protocol against COVID19
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published a Health Safety Protocol in Aviation which
define the measures to ensure the health safety of aircraft passengers
commercial and flight personnel once the airlines resume their operations.
The document examines each phase of the passenger journey and specifies the actions that must be taken.
take or the measures implemented in six segments of travel. There is a section
focused on the safety of flight crew members.
Before arriving at the airport
In the output terminal
The addressing
In flight
In transit
Upon arrival at the final destination.
Many measures
The document places a great deal of importance on the health safety of passengers at every stage.
of the trip.
Airports, airlines, and aircraft are different and therefore must be redesigned better for
comply with the new safety standards.
Highlight general principles: physical distancing whenever possible.
wear a mask to protect other passengers and scrupulous and frequent hygiene of the
hands.
The filtered air in airplanes is safer and cleaner than the air breathed on the ground due to
the filters that are used.
The use of masks will be required for passengers during all stages of the journey, from the
check-in until arrival.
Only travelers who are flying will be allowed to enter the terminal (a practice that is already quite common)
extended in many areas of the world).
There will be temperature scanners at the terminals.
Good hygiene practices will be adopted, food on board will be reduced, and there will be no ...
Toilets will be placed in the hallways, and one toilet will be reserved solely for staff.
When the recommended physical distancing of 1.5 meters is not possible, due to
infrastructure or operational limitations, aircraft operators and operators of
airports must implement additional risk mitigation measures, such as
hand hygiene, use of masks, additional transportation, etc.
Social distancing is recommended at airports.
Passengers will also be asked to provide contact information to allow
"trace" if someone on a particular flight tests positive for COVID-19.
Passengers themselves are also expected to take personal responsibility: the
passengers with compatible symptoms (fever, cough, sudden loss of smell, difficulty in
breathe) or those who know they have been in contact with a COVID-19 case should not go to
airport or they should postpone their trip to protect their travel companions.
The guidelines are based on the scientific experience of both agencies and reflect the best
currently available scientific knowledge.
The measures will be evaluated and updated periodically according to changes in the
awareness of transmission risk, as well as the development of other measures of
diagnosis or prevention (including technological) and the evolution of the pandemic.