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The new guidelines for flight attendants in China to prevent transmission of Covid-19 have included a rather unusual suggestion.
China’s Civil Aviation Administration advises crew to wear diapers to reduce the need to go to the bathroom, reports CNN.
In the guidelines, entitled Technical Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Epidemics for Airlines, Sixth Edition, suggests a variety of ways to deal with flights from high-risk countries. Among them, the use of masks, gloves and goggles for the crew.
But he also adds that “it is recommended that cabin crew wear disposable diapers and avoid using the bathrooms except in special circumstances to avoid risks of infection.”
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The Civil Aviation Administration of China recommends that the crew wear diapers to reduce the need to go to the bathroom (file photo).
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While the move may seem extreme, toilets have been highlighted as a particular danger area for contracting the virus due to the many points of contact.
In one case earlier this year, a traveler from Italy to South Korea is believed to have contracted coronavirus in the bathroom, as it was the only place where he removed his N95 mask.
Researchers at the Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine in Seoul wrote that the airline and the woman had followed all safety precautions.
“The bathroom was shared by passengers seated nearby, including an asymptomatic patient. I was sitting 3 rows away from the asymptomatic patient, ”the report says.
“Since she did not go out and self-quarantine for three weeks alone at her home in Italy before the flight and did not use public transport to get to the airport, it is very likely that her infection was transmitted on the flight through indirect contact. with an asymptomatic patient “.
Some airlines are looking for ways to minimize the need for contact points on a toilet.
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Your elbow helps open and lock the door on this prototype toilet door.
All Nippon Airways of Japan partnered with an aircraft interior designer to produce a functional model of the “elbow knob.”
Instead of pulling the usual silver door handle, a new spring allows you to push the door in with your elbow. Inside the toilet, a familiar-looking sliding knob allows users to lock the door. The larger door handle allows the user to push the door open when finished.
Sensors for the toilet and sink will make the whole experience non-contact and therefore more germ-free.
Boeing has also tested a self-cleaning toilet that uses three seconds of ultraviolet light to kill 99.99 percent of all germs in the bathroom after each use, it reports. CNN.
