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Passenger on IndiGo’s Chennai-Coimbatore flight tests positive for COVID-19

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A passenger on board IndiGo’s Monday flight from Chennai to Coimbatore tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival at Coimbatore, following which the airline’s operating crew has been quarantined for 14 days.

According to health officials, he was asymptomatic before boarding and was tested along with all passengers at the airport upon arrival on Monday evening. The 24-year-old passenger is currently quarantined at an ESI state medical facility in Coimbatore.

“We received confirmation from the Coimbatore airport doctor that a passenger who travelled on 6E 381 from Chennai to Coimbatore on 25th May evening, has tested positive for Covid-19,” said the airline in a statement.

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“He alone tested positive in the flight. All others have gone for mandatory home quarantine and they will be tracked for symptoms in coming days,” said a state government official.

From Monday, domestic passenger flights have been started again after a gap of two months following a countrywide lockdown announced on March 24.

Prior to the resumption of domestic flight operations, a number of states had expressed caution at the prospect of a sudden influx of people into their state borders as they aimed to contain the outbreak.

“He was seated on-board the aircraft with all precautionary measures including face mask, face shield and gloves, as were the other passengers,” the airline said, adding that no one else was seated in his vicinity, significantly reducing the possibility of transmission.

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