Table 1.

Reports of COVID-19 Transmission on board Aircraft [6].

Flight/Case	No. of passengers	No. of positive cases	No. of transmissions	Date	Remarks
Tel-Aviv to Frankfurt	78	7	Two likely transmissions	March 9, 2020	Seven passengers tested positive, and 2 likely transmissions during the flight. The passenger with likely transmission was seated within 2 rows of an index case.
QF577, Sydney to Perth	241	29 (18 primaries and 11 secondaries)	8 out of 11 secondary cases were reported to be flight associated	March 19, 2020	29 tested positive, among which 18 primary cases from 13 passengers from a cruise ship. 8 out of 11 passengers might have got infected during the flight
VN54, London to Hanoi	201	16	15 highly likely transmissions	March 2, 2020	One index case transmitted it to at least 12 persons in flight
CX811, Boston to Hong Kong	NS	2	Two highly likely transmissions	March 10, 2020	Two index cases contracted COVID-19 in the US and transmitted to 2 flight attendants during the flight
Repatriation of Israeli nationals from Diamond Princess	11	2	0	February 20, 2020	Passengers were seated in proximity. They wore masks except during two meals for about 15 minutes.
Singapore to Hangzhou, China	355	16	1	January 24, 2020	The one case was seated close to 4 infected cases for about 1 hour, without an adequately worn mask Contact, airborne and droplet transmission have been documented similarly for influenza and SARS.
Guangzhou to Toronto	350	1	0	January 22, 2020	The case was symptomatic (dry cough) and had 25 close contacts. The passengers were wearing masks

NS – Not stated.