The International Air Transport Association (Iata), which is the global representative body of the airline industry, is calling for the testing of all air passengers for Covid-19 before they embark on their flights. It is urging “the development and deployment of rapid, accurate, affordable, easy-to-operate, scalable and systematic Covid-19 testing for all passengers before departure”. Such testing would replace quarantine measures for arriving air passengers and allow the re-establishment of global air connectivity, the association highlights. Iata assures that it will work with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (a specialist agency of the United Nations) and national health authorities to rapidly establish such a system.
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