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After learning that a Colombian passenger infected with COVID-19 arrived this Sunday, October 4, in Bogotá from Cancun aboard a plane of Wingo, the airline issued a statement in which it acknowledges what happened and undertakes to investigate what happened.(It may interest you: ‘With more desire than routes and reservations, international flights take off’).
It is important to note that the Ministry of Health issued, on September 15 of this year, resolution 1627, by which the biosecurity protocols for the reactivation of international flights.
It states what are the duties that passengers and airlines who want to travel to international destinations must fulfill.
For example, in addition to the rigorous measures to contain the expansion of the coronavirus (such as social distancing and the permanent use of face masks), the norm establishes that passengers who are going to take an international flight to and from Colombia must present, prior to boarding, negative results of PCR molecular tests issued no more than 96 hours before departure. flight.
The resolution indicates, in fact, that whoever does not have this document or shows symptoms of infection by the new coronavirus, He can not fly.
At Wingo we have designed strict guidelines in order to protect the health and integrity of all our travelers and crews
“The situation presented (…) on flight 7028 that covered the Cancun – Bogotá route goes against the biosecurity protocols that we have adopted as a company. At Wingo we have designed strict guidelines in order to protect the health and integrity of all our travelers and crews; and we have fully complied with all the requirements established by the authorities of the countries where we currently operate, “the airline emphasized.
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According to the statement, from the moment the company found out about the arrival of this passage, which came with a companion, at El Dorado airport, “we immediately activated the necessary actions for traceability and the respective epidemiological fence, as well as the pertinent investigations to find out what happened and to make sure that this unprecedented situation is not repeated in any way. “
Wingo, who did not provide further details on how it was established that this passenger was positive for COVID-19, He stated that he is “in constant communication with the authorities to meet their requirements, while we evaluate forceful measures within the company.”
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