12 passengers on four Indigo flights test positive for COVID-19

New Delhi:  Indigo Airlines has reported 12 cases of COVID-19 positive passengers who travelled in four different flights across India.

In a statement issued to media, Indigo Airlines stated, “A few asypmtomatic passengers who travelled on IndiGo flights were discovered to be COVID-19 positive on May 28, 2020. This included 3 passengers on 6E 955 from Delhi to Jammu on May 26, 6 passengers on board 6E 6992 from Bengaluru to Coimbatore on May 27 and 2 passengers on 6E 908 from Delhi to Coimbatore on May 27. 

The first passenger to be detected to be infected with COVID-19 travelled on IndiGo on 6E 7214 from Bangalore to Madurai on May 27, 2020 was discovered to be COVID-19 positive during the mandatory testing at the quarantine facility in Madurai on 27th May.