Macau International Airport (MIA) will conduct an exercise of “Communicable Diseases Response 2009” from 04:30 to 07:30 on 20 May, which has been scheduled at the beginning of this year by the Facilitation and Security Committee.

The exercise, coordinated by the Health Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, will involve the participation of all the entities responsible for the safety and the security of the Macao airport. The exercise is a form of joint training and will assess the effectiveness in implementing the emergency preparedness plan to cope with communicable diseases through air travel in case such an incident occurs in the airport.

In view of the outbreaks of communicable diseases in the world, the objective of the exercise is to strengthen the skills of the airport personnel in handling suspected case as to reduce the transmission of communicable diseases through the aircraft to Macao, protecting the safety of aircraft crew and passengers and ensuring that Macau International Airport is a safe and secure airport in the world.. The exercise will simulate a suspected communicable diseases case found on the aircraft in order to test, evaluate and reinforce the capability of the participants in dealing with the emergency plans.