FRANKFURT, May 30 ― A first charter flight carrying Europeans to China following weeks of lockdown departed Germany's biggest hub Frankfurt late yesterday, carrying around 200 workers and their families. On arrival, “we expect we'll have very long checks, fever measurements, corona tests,...
Passengers rush past check-in desks prior to the first Lufthansa charter flight for Tianjin, China after the lockdown, at the airport in Frankfurt May 29, 2020. ― Reuters pic
On arrival, “we expect we'll have very long checks, fever measurements, corona tests, antibody tests, and then we'll have to go into a 14-day quarantine,” said Bernd Poth. Like others on board the flight, which was operated by German flag carrier Lufthansa, Poth had returned from China in February before Beijing closed its borders to incoming travellers, stranding the family in Germany.
“We're not worried about safety, but we've got some concerns about the quarantine, we don't know what will be waiting for us over there,” said aircraft components worker Alexander Ophoven.
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