Tuesday 23 June 2020

An Emirates Flight from Dubai to Hong Kong Had at Least 26 Passengers With COVID-19 According to Health Officials

Posted by Zaishan at 20:41 Emirates Flight

An Emirates Flight from Dubai to Hong Kong Had at Least 26 Passengers With COVID-19 as per the report Hongkong Public Health authorities. Pu...

An Emirates Flight from Dubai to Hong Kong Had at Least 26 Passengers With COVID-19 as per the report Hongkong Public Health authorities.

Public health authorities in Hong Kong have reported that the 26 travellers who arrived in the Chinese city on June 20 after travelling onboard Emirates flight EK380 from Dubai have tested positive for COVID-19 and is in hospital now for treatment. The youngest patient is a one-year-old baby, while the eldest is a 61-year-old female Hong Kong resident who has been transferred from a quarantine centre to the Queen Mary Hospital.

All of the passengers on Emirates flight EK380 who have tested positive for the novel Coronavirus had travelled from Pakistan. It’s believed the passengers also flew with Emirates on one of the airline’s outbound-only flights from Pakistan, transited through Dubai International Airport (DXB) and then boarded the second and final 7-hour flight to Hong Kong.