16 December 2020
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China suspends three inbound flights after high number of COVID cases
The Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) announced the suspension of three inbound flights of three airlines for a week after it found the number of passengers on the flight that was tested for COVID-19. The positive is higher than the required threshold.
The report said the CAAC found five passengers with a positive COVID-19 test on flight ET636 on Addis route. Ababa – Chengdu Of Ethiopian Airlines on Dec 3 and eight passengers with positive COVID-19 test results were found on EO429 Moscow-Zhengzhou route. Of Igar Airlines Russian Airlines on the same day And six passengers with positive COVID-19 test were found on flight LX188 on the Zurich-Shanghai route. Of Swiss airlines International Airlines on Dec 7
The suspension order for Ethiopian Airlines and Igar Airlines will take effect Dec. 21, while the Swiss suspension has been suspended. International Airlines will be effective from December 27.
Xinhua news agency reported that the CAAC Set the award criteria and suspend flights on 4 June ago. To prevent the spread of COVID-19 Stating that if all the arrivals of any airline Has a negative COVID-19 test for 3 weeks in a row That airline Will be allowed to increase the number of flights into and out of China from 1 flight per week to 2 flights per week.
However, if a passenger is found to be tested for COVID-19 Positive number of up to 5 flights of that airline Operations will be suspended for a week and flights will be suspended for up to four weeks if 10 passengers with positive test results are detected.
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