At least 8 passengers who landed in Coimbatore Airport tested COVID-19 positive
Coimbatore: A few asypmtomatic passengers who travelled on IndiGo flights were discovered to be COVID-19 positive on May 28, 2020. Six passengers onboard 6E 6992 from Bengaluru to Coimbatore flight on May 27, 2020 and 2 passengers on 6E 908 from Delhi to Coimbatore flight on May 27, 2020.
The airline in a release said, “The passengers observed all precautionary measures including face mask, face shield and gloves, like other passengers on-board the aircraft.”
Sources from the health department have said that at least 10 passengers have been tested positive Coimbatore, Namakkal and Trichy. The media health bulletin has not added this in the Coimbatore list and it is to be seen how it’s added to the respective districts today.
The airline said, “All our aircraft are regularly sanitized as a standard operating procedure and the aircraft operating these flights were immediately disinfected as per protocol. The operating crew has been home quarantined for 14 days and we are in the process of notifying other passengers as per the government guidelines, to ensure safety of our passengers and staff.”