China News Service, August 14th. According to a report from the New Delhi TV station in India, on the 7th local time, an Air India Express passenger plane dashed off the runway when it landed, causing 18 deaths and more than 100 injuries. Local medical staff recently revealed that 22 officials involved in the rescue of the accident tested positive for the new crown virus.
On August 7, local time, an Air India passenger plane dashed off the runway and broke in two when it landed at the Calicut International Airport in Kalipur, Kerala, southern India.
"After the rescue operation at the plane crash site ended, they were quarantined. Most of them have been to the scene," the district medical staff said. In addition, health officials asked about 600 people, including local people, to be isolated.
According to reports, a number of officials from Kerala had visited the crash site, and nine people, including the chief minister, have self-quarantined.
The plane flew from Dubai to Kalipur, Kerala, India to pick up from Dubai the Indian nationals trapped there due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic. All survivors of the accident were taken to the hospital and tested for the new coronavirus.
On the 13th local time, Kerala added 1,564 new cases of new coronary pneumonia, with a total of nearly 40,000 confirmed cases.