{"id":114319,"date":"2020-07-29T22:34:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T02:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=114319"},"modified":"2020-08-08T10:04:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T14:04:42","slug":"wttc-governments-must-implement-comprehensive-testing-facilities-at-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wttc-governments-must-implement-comprehensive-testing-facilities-at-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"Governments must implement comprehensive testing facilities at airports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The\u00a0World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)\u00a0has called upon world\u2019s governments to establish comprehensive\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0testing facilities at the international airports.<\/p>

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Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWTTC is calling upon Governments around the world to begin a substantial program of investment to ensure comprehensive testing facilities are implemented at airports, which will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and see the return of safe travels.<\/p>

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\u201cIt is imperative that all airports, catering for international travel, implement globally recognized testing standards for both inbound and outbound passengers. This will provide reassurance to all travelers, maintain \u2018air corridors\u2019 between countries, and remove damage and disruption caused by blunt quarantines which massively impact the recovery of the Travel & Tourism sector.<\/p>

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\u201cRemoving the whole of Spain from the UK travel corridors exception list risks causing irreparable damage to the Travel & Tourism sector. It also makes no sense; while Spain as a whole, and Catalonia in particular, has a higher rate of coronavirus cases than then UK, the rate in Andaluc\u00eda, the Balearics and Canaries is actually lower than the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs part of the screening process, testing must involve temperature checks and swab tests for all arriving and departing passengers with results back within 24 hours, and only those testing positive \u2013 with or without symptoms \u2013 should be put into quarantine. Where there are apps to assist in effective Test & Trace regimes, passengers must be advised to sign up and use them.<\/p>

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\u201cWe are going to have to live with COVID-19 for the foreseeable future so we must do all we can to protect public health and save lives, whilst restoring consumer confidence, driving the global economic recovery, and saving the jobs of millions of people whose very livelihoods depend upon a thriving Travel & Tourism sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

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