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Five Air India pilots who operated cargo flights to China test covid-19 positive
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NEW DELHI : Five pilots of Air India Ltd, who had recently operated cargo flights to China, tested positive for covid-19 during recent medical examination carried out by the airline for its crew before it began repatriating Indian citizens stranded abroad.
The pilots, who tested positive for covid-19, are all asymptomatic, a senior Air India official said, requesting anonymity. "These pilots had cleared the covid-19 tests after arriving from China on 18 April.
They, however, tested positive during the tests carried out before the repatriation flights, a few days ago, which they were slated to operate," the official said adding that the pilots had shown no symptoms of the covid-19 virus. "These pilots have now been sent for home quarantine.
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