Hong Kong has barred till mid-April incoming passenger flights from Singapore operated by Singapore Airlines, after an arriving passenger examined constructive for COVID-19 an infection.
Three passengers on the service’s March 31 flight additionally didn’t adjust to illness precautions, Hong Kong authorities stated on Friday.
Singapore Airlines confirmed the order however stated passenger providers from Hong Kong to Singapore wouldn’t be affected by the suspension, which runs till April 16.
A transit passenger on the SQ882 flight had a damaging pre-departure take a look at end result, however subsequently examined constructive on arrival in Hong Kong, the airline stated.
“SIA has taken immediate steps to strengthen checks at the point of embarkation to ensure our customers are in compliance with Hong Kong’s regulatory requirements,” it stated in an announcement.
It would assist well being authorities of their efforts to hint those that had contact with the contaminated individual, it added.
The different three non-compliant passengers have been additionally transit passengers who went via pre-departure checks at clinics of their locations of origin that fell wanting Hong Kong’s necessities, Singapore’s aviation regulator stated.
All three passengers have been examined damaging, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) stated.
Hong Kong has set set off factors that warn airways of suspension beneath its COVID-19 take a look at necessities for arriving air passengers, one in every of which Singapore Airlines had breached, CAAS added.
Singapore has reported comparatively few coronavirus circumstances in latest months, adopting tight entry curbs and guidelines to rein in home transmission.
