The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) has laid out strategies aimed at containing the spread of the A(H1N1) influenza on highway, freeway, railway, air and sea transportation services.
All service operators are required to prepare a sufficient number of face masks within a week. The ministry requires railway services to have masks available for sale at each train station as well as on each train. Trains must also be equipped with at least 20 masks for sale.
Passengers showing symptoms of influenza will be asked not to board trains. If they insist on boarding a train, they will be asked to wear masks during the trip, but will still be allowed to board if they refuse. If symptoms appear after passengers board trains, they can purchase masks from the train crew and will be asked to leave their name and contact information.
For freeway bus operators, the ministry said that each bus had to have at least five masks available for use. Bus operators must take the temperature of boarding passengers who show symptoms of influenza and suggest that passengers seek medical attention immediately. Should symptomatic passengers insist on taking the bus, they will be asked to wear masks. Bus drivers may make stops at freeway service areas if they need to purchase masks for infected passengers.
However, the ministry does not require that masks be sold at airports, nor does it require that airports to keep a minimum number of masks. The airlines, however, must take the temperature of passengers displaying symptoms of infection and ask them to wear masks. Flight attendants are also required to provide free masks to passengers during the flights.
Ships must prepare at least 20 masks. Passengers exhibiting influenza symptoms must wear masks before boarding. If the symptoms do not appear until after the ship is underway, the passengers will be given a free mask and asked to leave contact information.
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