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The airline caused the death of a passenger with symptoms of the coronavirus United Airlines will continue its work with the control centers and Prevention Department of Diseases (CDC, for the acronym in English) to warn users of the flight from Orlando to Los Angeles that it boarded last Monday.
It was Friday when company representatives stated that they were in talks with the specialists for the passengers of flight 591, who, according to some media, lied to the passenger about his state of health.
The pilot crash-landed in New Orleans so that the passenger could be treated; But after arriving at the health center, he died.
“At the time of the detour, they told us he had been in cardiac arrestallowing passengers to choose to take a later flight or to continue with their travel plans ”.
The airline arrives via a statement sent by post It did not specify whether the passenger died of Covid-19, although means like CNN They allege that his wife said the man had warned authorities that he had symptoms related to the coronavirus.
After the doctors’ preliminary judgment on the passenger’s heart condition, the flight continued its journey. The same airline said on Wednesday that it will ask passengers for additional contact details in case of assistance.
The CDC are busy collecting information and continue in accordance with our standard operating procedures to determine if further public health action is appropriate. To protect the privacy of the individual, we do not disclose this information to the public, ”the airline said.
In addition, the media reports that so far there has been no widespread contamination with the coronavirus through the flight, although not all specific contacts with passengers have been completed.
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