Translated material
Terminal F: quietly and empty
Special security measures for flights from China to Sheremetyevo are not visible to the naked eye
The information epidemic around the coronavirus does not give up its positions. International organizations, transnational corporations and the heads of countries in confrontation with a dangerous threat take more and more decisive measures, closing the boundaries and enterprises, evacuating fellow citizens from the area of the spread of the disease. But at the Sheremetyevo International Airport, which remained the only direct connection with China after the closure of border points and railway communication, almost nothing changed.
The leadership of the metropolitan airport, as part of the implementation of measures to prevent the distribution of coronavirus, tried to “isolate” the terminal F of the general passenger flow as much as possible, giving it to the PRCs arriving and flying away. Every 7 minutes, the messages repeat the messages: “Dear passengers of flight No. ... flying into ..., the flight will be made from terminal D. We apologize for inconvenience.”
But there is practically no one to listen to them - the hall of the “isolated” terminal, not counting the airport employees, is almost empty, a void formed on the departure board and arrival.
The same thing happens with the fleeting Beijing flight - even annoying taxi drivers are in no hurry to impose their services, they sneak up with masks carefully, scary, and keep a safe distance.
“It looks like Beijing,” says a young brunette who cleverly controls a stroller with a baby and a luggage cart, “where the streets are empty, people suspicious, they are afraid to even greet. Although they say that there are no panic, but those who have the opportunity are flying away from China. We also decided not to take risks. ” But they did not put on masks, like most people at the airport.
Everyone around knows about a terrible virus, work in the immediate vicinity of potential sources of infection, even in a whisper are divided by fears among themselves about the current situation, but the elementary measures of protection seem to ignore. We hope that this really seems only, because in addition to masks, the wearing of which some internal instructions prohibit, antiviral ointments can be used without color and smell. In addition, passengers of flights from the PRC twice pass temperature control on board: when departure and upon arrival in Moscow.
Nevertheless, no matter how skeptical attitude to the spread of a new virus you feel, it is not worth neglecting protection measures, especially while at the airport (and other crowded places). Moreover, the deficiency of these funds has not yet been observed, and the prices for them, contrary to reports, have not changed.