UK National Tests Positive In Kochi, Dubai Flight Offloaded

At least 289 passengers of a Dubai-bound flight were offloaded at the airport in Cochin on Sunday shortly before takeoff after a UK national among them tested positive for novel coronavirus, official sources said.

The passenger belonged to a group of 19 holidaying in the hill resort town of Munnar in Kerala and was under surveillance, a Cochin International Airport Limited spokesman said.