KOZHIKODE: Four of the expatriates who landed at Karipur from Abu Dhabi showed symptoms of COVID-19. Of the four, one is a native of Kozhikode and three from Malappuram. The natives of Malappuram have been admitted at Manjeri Government Medical College and the other at the Kozhikode Medical College.

They were shifted to the hospital in 108 Ambulance brought to the runway without allowing them to enter the airport along with other passengers. The special flight IX 348 of Air India Express with 182 passengers from Abu Dhabi to Kozhikode reached Karipur at 2.12 am Sunday morning as part of Vande Bharat.

Meantime, as part of Vande Bharat Mission, four flights will arrive in the state from the Gulf today. The fight from Kochi to Dubai will reach Nedumbassery at 5.40 pm. The second flight is from Muscat to Thiruvananthapuram.