Flight from Zante to Cardiff told to self-isolate after Covid-19 outbreak

Greece is not currently on a list of countries under British quarantine rules.

Passengers who travelled on a plane from Zante to Cardiff last week have been told to self-isolate after the flight was identified as the source of at least seven confirmed cases of Covid-19.

Giri Shankar, incident director for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said “Cardiff and Vale Test Trace Protect and Public Health Wales have identified at least seven confirmed cases of Covid-19 from three different parties who were infectious on TUI Flight 6215 from Zante to Cardiff on 25 August.”

“As a result, we are advising that all passengers on this flight are considered close contacts and must self-isolate,” he said in a statement.

Zante, on the Greek island of Zakynthos, is a popular tourist destination with British travellers.

Dr Shankar said “a lack of social distancing, in particular by a minority of the 20-30 year age group,” was a main cause of the outbreak.

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