14 AI fliers test Covid positive in Hong Kong

NEW DELHI: Fourteen passengers who travelled from Delhi to Hong Kong on an Air India flight on August 14 have tested positive for Covid-19 till Thursday, the Hong Kong government said.

A passenger from India can arrive in Hong Kong only if he or she has a COVID-19 negative certificate from a test done 72 hours prior to the journey, according to the rules issued by the Hong Kong government in July.

In a statement to PTI on Friday, a spokesperson of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong government said, “A flight operated by Air India (AI314) arriving Hong Kong from India on August 14 had 11 passengers confirmed to have infected with Covid-19.” As a result, the department invoked the “Prevention and Control of Disease (Regulation of Crossboundary Conveyances and Travellers) Regulation (Cap. 599H) on August 17 to prohibit landing of passenger flights operated by Air India for two weeks...”, the spokesperson noted.