Sichuan Airlines pilot tests positive for virus By HUANG ZHILING in Chengdu and ZHOU HUIYING in Harbin | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-16 09:17 Share A Sichuan Airlines jet airliner takes off. [Photo/IC]
A Sichuan Airlines pilot has tested positive for coronavirus and been diagnosed as a confirmed, imported COVID-19 case.
The 26-year-old pilot, surnamed Gao, was confirmed as an imported case of COVID-19 on Monday night, the Sichuan Provincial Health Commission announced on Tuesday.
The pilot was on a cargo flight from Los Angeles to Chengdu, Sichuan, on Nov 29 and tested negative during quarantine in neighboring Renshou county of Meishan city. Gao flew a round-trip cargo flight from Chengdu to Jinan, Shandong province, on Dec 9 and continued his quarantine in Renshou until Saturday.
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