Five persons who flew from here to Salem on Wednesday have tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, officials said here. With this, the number of domestic air passengers testing positive for the virus has gone up to six.
As many as 56 passengers travelled on the Trujet flight from Chennai to Salem on Wednesday – it was the first aircraft to land at the airport which was operationalized under UDAN after air services resumed in the country on May 25.
“Five passengers who travelled by air from Chennai to Salem on Wednesday have tested positive for COVID-19. All of them have been shifted to the Government Hospital here and under treatment,” Salem District Collector S A Raman told DH.
