Coronavirus in India: Airports are spraying sanitizer, calling in doctors, and screening international passengers to keep the outbreak under control

• The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is screening incoming international passengers from 12 countries — including Italy, Iran and Singapore.
• The Airport Health Organisation (APHO) is screening all domestic and international passengers in India’s 23 international airports.
• Pictures shows how the second-most populous country in the world is trying to prevent coronavirus from entering the country.

Airlines and airports in India are on high-alert to keep the coronavirus from spreading. So far, there have been 42 reported cases of people infected with Covid-19 — including over a dozen Italian tourists.

Flights to affected countries have been temporarily suspended and international airports are scanning incoming passengers from countries placed on the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) watch list. The list includes a total of 12 countries so far — including Italy, Iran, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan and Nepal.

The Airport Health Organisation (APHO) has been put in charge of all the screening taking place at the airports. Doctors have screened over 10,902 passengers across 96 flights solely at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport since the outbreak occurred.