Unpublished: 52 passengers boarded a plane in Delhi with negative results for coronavirus and upon arrival in Hong Kong they tested positive

At least 52 passengers on a flight of New Delhi a Hong Kong they tested positive for Covid-19, despite the fact that all had a negative coronavirus test before boarding. All flew on April 4 on an Indian airline flight Vistara, with a capacity of 188 people, although authorities did not indicate how many passengers traveled on the plane.

Health experts have insisted that the aircraft’s advanced ventilation systems reduce the risk of contracting the virus from a fellow traveler.

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Professionals have described four reasons why such a high number of infections could occur in what refers to a flight and, being possible that the whole plane is not full.

First, they say that the passengers may have been infected in India after their Covid-19 test before the flight, which was to take place within 72 hours of the flight.

Second, the India’s overburdened health system he may have been unable to accurately detect cases prior to boarding, or some passengers presented fraudulent evidence certificates.

Third possibility raises passengers could have been infected one of the hotels under quarantine in Hong Kong.

The fourth alternative says that there would be passengers infected with a particularly severe strain of Covid-19, which could have happened between these people despite the filters of the aircraft’s ventilation systems.

Rashida Fathima, quien approachó el vuelo con su esposo y sus dos hijos, y una de las 52 personas que dieron positivo, cree que ya estaba infectada en el vuelo, a pesar de que su familia usó máscaras durante la mayor parte del vuelo y evitó el baño on board.

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She revealed that some passengers repeatedly coughed during the flight, while others took off their masks to eat and families accompanied their children down the aisles.