Aviation personnel should be granted “key worker” status by national governments worldwide to ensure that they will be exempt from COVID-19−related travel restrictions and that they will have access to emergency medical treatment, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) says.
ICAO joined the International Labour Organization and the International Maritime Organization in issuing a statement on Tuesday that called for the same key worker status to be applied to air cargo supply chain personnel and to others in the maritime, fishing and offshore energy industries.
“The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has placed the entire world in an unprecedented situation,” said the statement, signed by ICAO Secretary General Fang Liu and the leaders of the other two organizations. “To slow the…
