How Airlines and Airports Are Dealing With Deadly China Virus
- Airports step up monitoring, carriers hand out sanitizers
- One Asian airline even deployed hazmat suits for crew
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Airports and airlines are stepping up efforts to protect staff and passengers from a deadly virus originating in Wuhan, with Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. and China Airlines Ltd. going as far as canceling flights in and out of the Chinese city until the end of February.
The airlines’ announcements followed a decision by the Chinese government to limit travel from Wuhan, effectively putting the city of 11 million people into lockdown. Boats and buses have also been told to divert to avoid the city, which sits on the Yangtze River. At least 17 people have died and hundreds of people have been infected by the coronavirus, which has spread to other parts of Asia and the U.S.