With their luggage in hand, Mary, 23, and Paul, 19, still can't believe it. The two return from a weekend in Venice. And when they arrived at Beauvais airport, "no checks, no protective measures, nothing ..."
They each wear a mask, but on their own initiative. "We weren't offered anything when we left," except for a "Passenger information" sheet, explaining the instructions to follow regarding the coronavirus epidemic.
No temperature measurement
A little further, Emmanuel, 53, explains that he came out "as if nothing had happened". This man, originally from Pas-de-Calais, was also on the flight from Venice-Treviso airport and arriving, to his surprise, no one took his temperature. "However, we had one when we arrived in Italy," he points out. Whatever, his employers warned him, it is confinement for 14 days which now awaits him.
Because for these travelers who return from an exposure zone at risk, many recommendations must be respected, such as monitoring its temperature, wearing a surgical mask or even avoiding frequenting a place where there are fragile people.
Very few directives, denounce employees
"Nobody keeps us informed," said Jonathan, 41, who returned from Venice with his wife and two children. For this Liberal nurse: "We read that we had to be careful, but it would have been nice if people informed us and answered our questions at the airport, because we don't know what to do. "
Among airport staff, concern is also growing. "The psychosis, it is already there," slips a trader. And this, despite announcements from management which has undertaken to "isolate the arrival terminal in the event of suspected contamination". "You imagine, we had no directives except to wash our hands regularly ... Everything is fine," another ironically blurted.
Wearing masks would increase fear
So rumors start to circulate. An employee of a cafe says: "I heard that we were not allowed to wear masks because that could scare travelers. But it sucks, we spend our time touching money with people who come from everywhere, so I put on gloves. "And to continue:" I do my hours of service but I don't hang around the airport, I go straight home. "
In fact, if the airport management had obtained 5,000 masks, no "special measures for employees" have been put in place. When requested, it did not respond to our maintenance request.
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While the town hall of Beauvais asked in the middle of the week for the suspension of air links with Italy, the airport still maintained the flights. The number of passengers, on the other hand, has drastically decreased.
