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The death of a passenger with coronavirus symptoms resulted in the airline United Airlines began intensifying its work with control centers and Prevention of Diseases (CDC) to alert users of the flight from Orlando to Los Angeles which it addressed last Monday.
It was Friday when company representatives said they were in talks with specialists to alert the situation to passengers on flight 591, Which, according to some media, the passenger addressed by lying about his health condition.
The pilot made an emergency landing in New Orleans so that the passenger could be attended to; but, after his arrival at a care center, he died.
“At the time of the deviation, we were informed that he had suffered a cardiac arrest, So passengers were given the option to take a later flight or continue with their travel plans. “
Through a statement sent by mail, the airline did not specify whether the passenger died by covid-19, although media like CNN they claim his wife said the man alerted authorities he had symptoms associated with the coronavirus.
Following the doctors’ preliminary ruling on the passenger’s heart condition, he wants to continue his journey. The same airline said Wednesday it will ask passengers for additional contact information to come in case of assistance.
“The CDC they are in the process of gathering information and proceed in accordance with our standard operating procedures to determine whether it is appropriate to take further public health measures. To protect the privacy of the person, we are not providing this information to the public, ”the airline said.
In addition, the media reports that so far there has been no widespread coronavirus infection by the flight, although not all specific contacts with passengers have yet been completed.
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