NEW DELHI: The coronavirus scare is now growing in India. IndiGo has quarantined it's crew who flew a passenger who tested positive for the virus from Dubai to India. Air India (AI), which did the same with its crew of a Vienna-Delhi flight, has now reached out to other passengers on that flight to take the necessary precautions. Luxury hotel Hyatt Regency in Delhi has also quarantined staffers of a restaurant where an infected person had dinner.
An IndiGo spokesperson said: "The affected passenger in Hyderabad travelled on IndiGo flight 6E 96 (Dubai-Bangalore) on February 20, 2020. Under the guidance of APHO Bangalore all 4 cabin crew who operated this flight have been placed on home observation immediately, from March 2, 2020. We are following all the prescribed Airport Health Organisation (APHO) guidelines and are taking preventive measures for our crew operating flights to regions affected by coronavirus."
In a tweet Air India said: "This is for the attention of passengers who flew on AI154 Vienna-Delhi of February 25, 2020. One of the passengers has tested positive for coronavirus. Please follow the protocol notified by the ministry of health regarding Coronavirus."
General manager and area vice president of Hyatt Regency Delhi Julian Ayers said: "Government authorities recently confirmed that an individual who dined at La Piazza restaurant at Hyatt Regency Delhi on February 28, 2020, has been diagnosed with COVID-19 ... Since receiving this news... All colleagues who were present at the restaurant on February 28, 2020, have been asked to self-quarantine for 14 days. Hyatt Regency Delhi has also started to conduct daily temperature checks for all colleagues and contractors when they enter and exit the building."
"...as advised by the government authorities, the hotel has enacted elevated precautionary operational protocols, including deep-cleaning measures in the restaurant, colleague lockers and in all public areas, restaurants and meeting spaces across the hotel... We are committed to caring for our guests and colleagues, as their safety and wellbeing remains a top priority... At this time, we do not have any confirmed cases to report among our colleagues. We continue to closely monitor this ongoing situation, remain vigilant in monitoring for symptoms among colleagues, and follow guidelines and protocols recommended by international and local authorities, in an effort to ensure guests and colleagues remain in a healthy and safe environment," Ayers added.