Sunday, April 12, 2020

Male IndiGo airline staff, woman dies of corona, toll swells

Chennai: The toll in coronavirus disease in Tamil Nadu went up to 12, with the death of a male employee of a private airlines and a 45-year-old woman last evening. The death of the male employee was confirmed by a spokesperson of the IndiGo airlines, while the woman's death was confirmed by the police and the health department on Sunday.
Reports received here said a man, in his mid-50s and working as an aircraft maintenance engineer with IndiGo airlines in Chennai airport since 2006, died late last night after he tested positive for COVID.
"We are extremely sorry and saddened by the demise of one of our beloved employees in Chennai due to infection of COVID-19 virus," reports quoting an airline spokesperson said. Police sources said the 45-year-old woman, a native of Pulianthope in North Chennai, tested positive for COVID-19 after she was admitted to the Omandurar Multispeciality Government hospital on April five, three days after her husband, who had participated in the Tablighi Jamaat meet in Delhi, tested positive.
12/04/20 UNI
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