Coronavirus infection on Tuesday's Turkish Airlines flight to Ljubljana

Ljubljana, 14 March - The National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) has found that a person infected with the novel coronavirus arrived on a Turkish Airlines 1061 flight in Ljubljana on 10 March at 8:45am. Fellow passengers are urged so monitor their condition and to limit their contacts with other people.

Kitajska, Xi'an.
Med severno kitajsko provinco Shaanxi in Istanbulom je odprta nova redna linija.
Letalo turškega prevoznika Turkish Airlines.
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"The passengers on that flight are urged to closely monitor their health condition and seek the advice of their doctor over the phone if feeling unwell, have signs of a respiratory infection or fever," the NIJZ said in an urgent appeal.

Even if they do not have any symptoms, the passengers are advised to follow the advice on hygienic measures and to limit their close contacts and reduce social contacts that could lead to them passing potential infection.

The NIJZ detected the infected passenger in looking for contacts of a covid-19 patient.

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