Fortescue Metals Group has cleared an employee at its Christmas Creek mine of COVID-19.

The Pilbara miner isolated an employee who arrived at the site with flu-like symptoms after a recent trip to Indonesia.

The worker arrived at Fortescue's Christmas Creek mine on Monday. Credit:Damien Smith

On Wednesday night the company released a statement that said the worker returned a negative test result for the coronavirus disease COVID-19.

The company said the result was welcome news and it detailed the current travel restrictions on its workforce.