INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: At least seven crew members of Nepal Airlines, including three pilots, have tested positive for Coronavirus infection.
Three
pilots and four cabin crew members of the national flag carrier have tested positive for COVID-19.
Of the total 14 crew members whose swab
specimen were collected for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for COVID-19, seven tested positive while reports of remaining seven are
yet to be received.
The NAC has said that it would manage the required COVID-treatment and quarantine procedures for its staff.
Nepal
Airlines Press Release
Meanwhile, the repatriation flights being operated by the national flag carrier will carry on as per the
governmentdecision to bring back home Nepalis stranded abroad, the NAC stated.
Apart from the 14 crew members of the NAC, 50 others have
also been quarantined at the Soaltee Hotel in Kathmandu, the corporationspokesperson Archana Khadka informed.
Meanwhile, Minister for Civil
Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai took to Twitter to share the news regarding Covid-19 diagnosis of the crew members while also wishing them speedy
recovery.
नेपाल सरकारले दिएको
जिम्मेवारी पुरा
गर्नेक्रममा नेपाल
बायुसेवा निगमका ( NAC) चालक
दलका केहि सदस्यमा Corona Possitive
देखिएकोमा दु:ख लागेको छ
। सँकटकालीन अवस्थामा
वहाँहरुले गर्नु भएको
कामको उच्च प्रशंसा
गर्दछु । वहाँहरुको
सिघ्र स्वास्थ्यलाभको
कामना गर्दछु ।
— Yogesh Bhattarai (@yogesbhattarai) July 6,
2020
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