(The Week) One airline is now administering blood tests to passengers before they board flights amid the coronavirus pandemic, it announced on Wednesday.
Emirates said this week that on a Wednesday flight to Tunisia from Dubai, passengers “were all tested for COVID-19.” Before departing by way of blood tests conducted by the Dubai Health Authority at the airport’s check-in area, “results were available within 10 minutes.”
Emirates called itself the first airline to conduct on-site rapid COVID-19 tests on its passengers. These blood tests are in addition to other precautions the airline has taken, such as requiring passengers to wear masks.