Lithuania considers registering all air travelers while still in flight – epidemiologist

  • 2020-08-05
  • BNS/TBT Staff
VILNIUS - In a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus and make it easier to trace contacts of infected people, Lithuania is considering registering all air travelers arriving in the country before they disembark their planes, a senior epidemiologist said on Wednesday. "We are planning to ask everyone to register," Rolanda Lingiene, the director of the National Public Health Center's Vilnius Department, told reporters.  "The carriers, the tour operators, would be responsible for getting people to register," she added....
 
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