The man who became ill on the plane was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. United says now that “it is apparent the passenger wrongly acknowledged this requirement.”United referred questions about the man’s coronavirus status to the CDC. “To protect the privacy of the individual, we are not providing this information to the public.”[A woman died of coronavirus on a plane. United said that despite people overhearing that information, no medical professionals confirmed that the man had the coronavirus at the time. “We implore passengers not travel if they have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or have COVID-related symptoms,” United said.

Source: Washington Post December 18, 2020 18:35 UTC