1 person on board IndiGo flight tests positive
May 26, 2020 19:30
On the first day of resumption of domestic flight services across India, a passenger travelling aboard an IndiGo flight from Chennai to Coimbatore was found to be Covid-19 positive
The coronavirus positive case was reported on the Chennai-Coimbatore IndiGo flight 6E 381.
The case was discovered as all flyers coming into Coimbatore are being tested for coronavirus at the airport.
Initially, the passenger was put under institutional quarantine at the Vinayak Hotel in Coimbatore. Now he has been admitted to the ESI hospital.
As many as 19 flights took off from and 16 landed in Chennai on Monday, nearly two months after all domestic air travel was shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The cities covered by arrival and departure flights included Delhi, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Port Blair.
On Sunday night, while apprising the Centre that incoming domestic flights to this city can be restricted to 25 per day, the Tamil Nadu government had notified guidelines, which includes 14 days home quarantine and an e-pass for entry.
"Flights to Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchirappalli (the three other airports in the state) can be operated," Chief Secretary K Shanmugam had told the Centre in a letter.
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