COVID-19 case flew back to Australia on Cebu Pacific flight

The female resident of Australia who tested positive for COVID-19 after traveling to the Philippines flew on a Cebu Pacific flight back to Sydney.

A report on "State of the Nation with Jessica Soho" quoted the New South Wales government as saying that the patient was on 5J39 from Manila to Sydney.

The Department of Health has said that the COVID-19 case went around Metro Manila and Pangasinan before returning to Australia.

The DOH is continuing its coordination with Australian authorities.

The New South Wales (NSW) government confirmed on Wednesday that a woman in Australia who is believed to have recently traveled to the Philippines has tested positive for COVID-19.

The woman in her 60s returned to Australia on Tuesday, according to the NSW Ministry of Health.

"Her travel details are being obtained and will be disclosed if she posed a risk to any other passengers on her flight," the Ministry said in a statement. 

GMA News Online has sought comment from Cebu Pacific.

The country's first confirmed case of novel coronavirus infection was on flights of both Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific, the DOH said in January.

The 38-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan flew into Cebu from Hong Kong on board a Cebu Pacific flight.

The patient was also on a Cebu Pacific flight from Cebu to Dumaguete.

She then flew to Manila on a PAL flight from Dumaguete.

Both PAL and Cebu Pacific said they had coordinated with the DOH to help in contact tracing. —NB, GMA News