Rapid testing to detect COVID-19 suspended at Dominican airports
Santo Domingo, RD.- At the instructions of the High Level Commission for the Prevention and Control of Coronavirus, the rapid tests to detect the coronavirus that was being carried out at some airports in the country were suspended. The test began to be applied on Monday (July 27).
The management of the Corps Specialized in Airport Security and Civil Aviation (CESAC) made a report at 8:00 pm to personnel from Dominicanos Siglo XXI Airports (Aerodom) explaining that the measure would be evaluated for future application.
According to information provided to Diario Libre, hereafter they will randomly apply the test to a percentage of passengers entering the country.
“The processing time per passenger is a minimum of 10 minutes, a flight of 150 passengers with 5 test machines would take between 4 and 5 hours,” said José Luis López, director of Communications at Aerodom.
This Monday, July 27, Aerodom reported that it was carrying out the rapid test to determine if a person had COVID-19. Likewise, at the Cibao International Airport, located in Santiago, they were also conducting the test.
Testimonials
Some passengers who arrived today on flights from the United States and Europe told Diario Libre that they were subjected to the rapid test by a body of medical epidemiologists who were on duty at the José Francisco Peña Gómez terminal.
Francisca Escoto, who traveled on flight 1409 of the JetBlue airline, coming from New York, said that she was subjected to the process, together with her two teenagers.
Also, Perfecto Polanco, who arrived on Iberia flight 6501 from Spain, said that he and the other passengers on that flight went, first through a feverish monitoring process, and then they performed the test to leave the air terminal and enter to the country.
This Monday it was observed that members of the National Police and the Specialized Corps of Airport Security and Civil Aviation (CESAC) prohibited entry to the airport building for people who came to dismiss family and friends. These were left at a distance of 25 and 50 meters so that they could say goodbye to their loved ones.
Source: Detras del Rumor
July 29, 2020
Category: DR News |