KARACHI: In a first Pakistan International Airlines PIA staff testedpositive for the coronavirus.
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) crew member tested positive fornovel coronavirus (COVID-19) for the first time on Sunday.
According to PIA officials, the 22-year-old flight attendant was shifted toan isolation ward of Rawalpindi Institute of Urology after his test for thecoronavirus came out positive.
22 crew members who performed duties with him have been instructed toself-isolate themselves and will take a test for the disease.
The affected flight attendant performed duty on an Oslo-to-Islamabad flight(PK-722) and had also been on an Islamabad-Jeddah-Islamabad flight beforehe tested positive for the coronavirus.
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The PIA management has decided to take samples of the 22 crew members for aCOVID-19 test in three days.
Earlier in the day, a spokesperson for the national flag carrier said asenior technician of PIA engineering department in Peshawar has beenquarantined over suspicions of coronavirus as his body temperature wasdetected above average during routine screening.
The suspected coronavirus patient will be kept in isolation until his testreports are received by the management.
