Covid19 Positive Man Flies From Delhi to Kolkata via Guwahati With COVID Report in His Pocket

A passenger who had tested COVID-19 positive flew from Delhi despite a flight ban via Guwahati and reached Kolkata. A resident of North 24 Parganas insisted he be sent to quarantine upon arrival in Kolkata.

In a shocking incident, a 34-year-old man flew from Delhi to Kolkata via Guwahati with a COVID positive report in his pocket. The resident of North 24 Parganas took a SpiceJet flight on July 14 to reach his home state from the national capital. Since flight operations from Delhi to Kolkata remain suspended, he took a connecting flight from Guwahati and reached Kolkata Airport around 5 PM.

He insisted to the officials at the airport to admit him to a quarantine centre immediately. The Kolkata airport authority didn’t find any COVID related symptoms in the passenger, his body temperature was also normal upon checking. Thus authorities at the airport refused to send him to a COVID quarantine centre.TM

The passenger was then handed over the state health department and later sent to a COVID facility in Newtown near the airport. Now passengers of the two aircraft in which the COVID positive passenger flew are being contact traced by the airlines.