Adds particulars and background
Adds particulars and background
ROME, Feb 24 (Reuters) – An Alitalia airplane landed in Mauritius on Monday however among the passengers and crew opted to return straight residence after being instructed they must go into quarantine due to native considerations over the coronavirus, the airline mentioned.
Some 224 passengers and crew had been aboard the flight from Rome to the Indian Ocean island, however 40 individuals from the northern areas of Lombardy and Veneto determined to go residence due to the quarantine menace, Alitalia mentioned.
Alitalia CAITLA.UL added that the selections by the Mauritian authorities had not been disclosed to the provider earlier than touchdown and that it had alerted authorities as a way to make clear the the reason why its passengers’ actions had been restricted.
A flight was being organised again to Italy “though no one declared signs of sickness”, the Alitalia assertion mentioned.
The individuals onboard the airplane had been allowed to disembark the…