Virgin Australia flights between Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Newcastle on Covid alert

A Virgin Australia cabin crew member has worked for three days while infections with Covid, sparking an urgent alert for travellers.

The crew member was on flights between Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Newcastle between October 4 and October 6. 

Victoria’s deputy secretary of Covid-19 response Kate Matson said fellow crew members on the affected flights have been contacted.

‘Passengers on those flights are being contacted by the relevant jurisdictions and we have been in close contact with both NSW and South Australia and working closely with them to contact the relevant passengers,’ she added.      

The flights of concern include:

• VA219 flight from Melbourne to Adelaide on October 4

• VA218 flight from Adelaide to Melbourne on October 4

• VA827 flight from Melbourne to Sydney on October 5

• VA808 flight from Sydney to Melbourne on October 5

• VA1593 flight from Melbourne to Newcastle on October 6

• VA1594 flight from Newcastle to Melbourne on October 6

The case was detected through Virgin Australia’s surveillance testing. 

Anyone on these flights is urged to get tested and isolate.  

This follows the airline company’s decision to mandate Covid vaccinations for frontline workers by November 15 and office staff by the end of March. 

Fellow crew members on the affected flights have been contacted, with passengers being contacted by the relevant authorities