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AVIONEWS' report on risks relating infections on board (2): asked Italian Air Force's Sanitary Unit

Rome, Italy - The opinion of Colonel doctor Manfredo Di Stefano

Colonel doctor Manfredo Di Stefano from AMI’s Sanitary Unit, confirmed that now virus were transmitted more quickly than before: airplanes help the epidemic spreading. Some diseases, transmitted by air or coughing, infect healthy people: from common cold up to tuberculosis. Italian Air Force, before flying, carries out studies to find possible risks coming from virus active in the country destinations: i...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 117862
Rome, Italy, 04/05/2005 18:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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