Coronavirus on Tigerair

TIGERAIR Australia is working closely with Queensland Health after a passenger travelling on TT566 on Mon tested positive for coronavirus.

The airline told Travel Daily it learned the news yesterday and immediately began contacting other passengers on the flight.

Tigerair has also advised crew who worked on the flight, and provided passenger details to Qld Health, who will also contact pax.

The carrier has since cleaned the aircraft, & maintains the risk of contracting coronavirus is low for those who travelled on the same plane in the following days.

The passenger, flying from Melbourne to the Gold Coast, was travelling with a companion.

MEANWHILE, Costa Cruises has reacted to coronavirus fears, which saw pax on Costa Smeralda locked down over thoughts a passenger was infected.

The 54-year-old passenger and her companion were put in isolation on Wed, however it has now been reported that she has a strain of influenza.

Costa said it enacted “sanitary protocol”, with the ship now docked in Civitavecchia.

“As soon as the suspected case was detected, the medical team on board immediately activated all the relevant health procedures to promptly isolate and manage the clinical condition,” said a spokesperson for the company.

Korean Air is taking its own steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus, including suspending flights between Incheon and Wuhan until 27 Mar.

Other routes to China will also be suspended or reduced.

United Airlines is also adjourning a number of flights from its hub cities to Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai.