Passenger infected four others on flight after testing negative, report says

A passenger who had tested negative for coronavirus before a flight went on to infect four others during the journey, according to a new medical report. A total of seven passengers sitting in relatively close proximity to one another ultimately tested positive for Covid-19 following the flight, states the report from New Zealand’s Institute of Environmental Science and Research. The passengers had travelled from different parts of the world to converge on the flight departing from Dubai in the UAE on 29 September. The destination for Emirates flight EK448 was Auckland in New Zealand, with a two-hour refuelling stop in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia where none of the passengers got off or on the aircraft. The total journey time was 18hr 02min, making it one of the longest flights currently operating. Story has full details.<br/>