Experts are concerned about many false negative results

International airports conduct Corona tests within 30 minutes

Those involved in the aviation sector hope that this step will convince customers to book their flights.

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Several European airports are working to provide a test for the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19), the results of which will appear within 30 minutes.

And those involved in the aviation sector hope that this step will convince customers to turn to booking planes for their flights.

According to a report by the Future Observatory of the Dubai Future Foundation, Rome International Airport was the first to introduce rapid pre-flight checks earlier this September, and Heathrow Airport - which is the busiest airport in Europe - has tested similar solutions, said Alexander de Juniac. The Director General of the International Air Transport Association recently told a press conference, "We need to implement this system quickly, otherwise the aviation sector will not continue to operate."

The number of international flights decreased during the pandemic, as governments around the world imposed severe restrictions on the movement of people to reduce infection rates.

Some airlines hope that the pre-flight screening will allow travelers to skip quarantine after travel, as United Airlines aspires, for example, that travelers will be exempt from the 14-day quarantine period after traveling to and from Hawaii.

Rapid antigen test

The rapid antigen detection test can detect a specific protein on the surface of the virus, and it is different from the polymerase chain reaction tests that take longer.

The test includes a nasopharyngeal swab, and results are issued within only 30 minutes, and this test is also cheap.

Travelers will be examined 72 hours before their flight, and every infected person will be sent home for quarantine, but experts are concerned that the reduced sensitivity of these tests compared to the PCR tests may produce many false negative results.

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