Several cases have also been detected on flights arriving in Hong Kong from Mumbai, authorities said.
Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist at the Federation of American Scientists, said on Twitter that only eight cases from the Vistara flight were detected before hotel quarantine began. The rest were only identified during the time in quarantine.
“If it weren’t for hotel quarantine – [Hong Kong] would have completely allowed these [positive cases] to begin spreading in the community!” he said. “This is why border quarantines are critical.”
Feigl-Ding also said it was possible that not all transmission occurred during the flight.
“Some may have occurred after the initial 72 hour pre-departure time window after they got tested. India cases increased 60 % each week for the last 2 weeks. But this is why our border testing is leaky,” he added.
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