@Facebook Olivier Verstraete
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Brussels Airport follows the directives of the FPS Public Health regarding the controls of incoming passengers, said on Saturday the airport while some internet users have published on social networks photos of travelers who do not seem to respect the distances between people recommended to fight against the Covid-19 epidemic. Olivier Verstraete published a series of photos on his Facebook account on Wednesday March 18, the day after his landing, he explains, at Brussels Airport. According to him, he was returning from Barcelona. “After calling Foreign Affairs personally, we were advised to return home as soon as possible, so we followed the advice of the government. We risked getting stuck in Spain for a long time. But we were very surprised on landing “, he wrote, denouncing the fact that there was no passenger screening when leaving the plane, “knowing that we came back from a country very affected”. In his photos, we can see that several people were wearing masks.
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“People were piling up”
In the photos posted by this passenger, we see a gathering in front of the treadmill to collect his luggage. “People were crowding like a herd of animals. A message was broadcast over the loudspeakers to remind them to keep a distance of at least one and a half meters. No one seemed to listen or care. there were no stewards to inform people. “
“When I see these images of the airport, I am angry. It is totally unacceptable. If these situations cannot be avoided by Brussels Aiport, I see only one solution: the closure”protested virologist Marc Van Ranst, who called the airport on Twitter.
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No temperature measurement?
Other internet users were also surprised by the lack of temperature control for passengers when they left the plane. “Since the start of the crisis in January, Brussels Airport has been working in close collaboration with the SPF Public Health which gives directives concerning any measures to be applied at Brussels Airport. The SPF has decided not to carry out temperature checks on incoming passengers because SPF experts, as well as virologists, consider that such checks are not effective in detecting sick passengers. Even those who have no symptoms can be carriers and transmit the virus “, underlines the airport in a press release.
“The most important measure is to respect a social distance of 1.5 meters”
Passengers who show symptoms during a flight are isolated, then greeted by a doctor on arrival for in-depth tests that will determine whether quarantine or a referral to the hospital is necessary, ensures the airport. “The most important measure is to respect a social distance of 1.5 meters”, continues Brussels Airport, which says that it has taken important measures in recent weeks (stickers, posters, voice announcements and checks by our staff and the police …) to make its passengers aware of the need to respect “social distancing”.. “Brussels Airport understands the concern of passengers and the general public, and makes every effort to ensure that the few passenger flights take place in the safest conditions for everyone”, concludes the airport.
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