For the second time in one week, Cathay Pacific Airways had personnel from the organic crew of the flight returning from Frankfurt, Germany, who contracted a variant virus after arriving in Hong Kong. A total of three freighter pilots were diagnosed after entering the community.
Cathay Pacific Airways stated that, as a precaution, it will immediately arrange for all crew members in Frankfurt to switch to another hotel, and will try to shorten their stay in Frankfurt as much as possible.
Cathay Pacific updated it at about 9:40 in the evening, saying that it would call the crew of the cargo plane to stop in Frankfurt as soon as possible.
Cathay Pacific stated that it was notified by the Hong Kong health authorities that a freighter pilot was initially diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia.
The crew was on duty on the CX3166 freighter flight departing from Frankfurt and arrived in Hong Kong on November 7.
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Cathay Pacific said it received a notification from the Hong Kong health authority that a freighter pilot had a preliminary diagnosis.
The crew was on duty on the CX3166 freighter flight departing from Frankfurt and arrived in Hong Kong on November 7.
To be cautious, all crew members in Frankfurt will be immediately arranged to switch to another hotel, and the stay in Frankfurt will be as short as possible.
Cathay Pacific updated it at about 9:40 in the evening, saying that it would call the crew of the cargo plane to stop in Frankfurt as soon as possible.
▼On November 13th, the pilot of Cathay Pacific Cargo Aircraft first diagnosed the forced inspection of Kaifanxuan area ▼
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Cathay Pacific stated that all crew members on duty have been vaccinated and the infected crew members are now receiving appropriate medical diagnosis and treatment.
Cathay Pacific will provide all necessary support to other crew members, and in accordance with the instructions of the health authorities, assist the authorities to follow up and track people who are in close contact with the patient.
▼November 9th Tsim Sha Tsui Kaiyu Sealed Area Inspection▼
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Cathay Pacific: Immediately strengthen out-of-site inspections to ensure strict compliance with health and safety regulations
In addition, the cargo opportunities involved were thoroughly disinfected in accordance with the strict standards of the Hong Kong Port Health Department and Cathay Pacific Airways.
In addition, Cathay Pacific will immediately strengthen outside station inspections to ensure that crew members strictly abide by Cathay Pacific’s health and safety regulations when staying at outside stations. All crew members must self-isolate in designated hotel rooms when staying outside Hong Kong. And accept frequent mandatory testing.
Cathay Pacific said that since this year, crew members have undergone more than 170,000 virus tests in Hong Kong.
This Wednesday (10th), two Cathay Pacific pilots were diagnosed after returning to Hong Kong with the L452R variant virus. The two arrived on the same flight CX2066 Frankfurt on November 6th. There were 4 crew members on board, all at the airport. The test was negative, because both had two shots, he could return home for health monitoring.
The newly confirmed case today was not on the cargo plane, but returned to Hong Kong from Frankfurt, Germany.
New Coronary Pneumonia | Two more imported cases. One person had a sore throat before arriving in Hong Kong. New coronary pneumonia.
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