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26 who helped passengers of crashed plane in Kozhikode contract Covid-19

Malappuram, Kerala | ByPress Trust of India | Posted by Shivani Kumar
Aug 20, 2020 06:46 PM IST

District Collector K Gopalakrishnan, Superintendent of Police Abdul Kareem and 21 officials, including police and fire force personnel, also involved in the rescue operations, had also tested positive.

As many as 26 volunteers who reached the Air-India Express plane crash site in Kozhikode, 48 km from here, and evacuated the injured passengers on August 7, have tested positive for Covid-19.

Officials inspect the wreckage of Air India Express flight at Kozhikode International Airport in Karipur.(ANI)
Officials inspect the wreckage of Air India Express flight at Kozhikode International Airport in Karipur.(ANI)

“As far as my information from the airport sources goes, as many as 26 local people, involved in the rescue operations, have tested positive for the virus so far and are now under medical care,” the Malappuram District Medical Officer Dr K Sakeena told PTI.

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District Collector K Gopalakrishnan, Superintendent of Police Abdul Kareem and 21 officials, including police and fire force personnel, also involved in the rescue operations, had also tested positive.

Nineteen people, including the pilot andco-pilot, were killed and several injured when the flight with 190 people on board overshot the table-top runway and fell into a valley and broke into pieces.

The youngsters, who all stay around the airport area, had rushed to the accident site braving the heavy rains and Covid-19 fears and taken the injured to the various hospitals, drawing praise from various quarters, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

The volunteers had been asked by the Health Minister K K Shailaja to go on quarantine after one of the deceased passengers tested positive for the pathogen.

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