United Workers Quarantine After In-Flight COVID Death

The New York Times reports:

United Airlines said on Friday that it was working with health officials to contact passengers who might have been exposed to the coronavirus by a male passenger who died after a medical emergency on a recent flight.

The four flight attendants who responded to the emergency on board the flight, United 591, also went into quarantine for 14 days after the plane landed at its destination in Los Angeles, the flight attendants’ union said.

The flight, which took off from Orlando, Fla., and was diverted to New Orleans, prompted widespread alarm on social media after reports indicated that the man’s wife had told emergency medical workers that he had tested positive for the virus.

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A passenger who died after a medical emergency on a recent United Airlines flight may have exposed other passengers to the coronavirus. https://t.co/pm6ihGIIO2

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