Their condition in is described as good and they are showing normal symptoms of COVID-19. All three sufferers live in the capital city region. Around 300 other people are in quarantine in their homes.

The State police have been in direct contact with all passengers on the flight from Munich, and a flight on Saturday from Verona.

The Directorate of Health and the civil protection agency has expanded its list of countries at risk to include Italy. Germany is not on the list, and passengers arriving from Munich are not therefore being quarantined—apart from those arriving to Iceland from Italy but flying through Germany.

Senior managers at Icelandair met with civil protection organisers last night to discuss the virus. Among the outcomes was that Icelandair crew will distribute information leaflets to all passengers flying to Iceland. The airline is also putting all cabin crew working on Saturday’s Verona flight on 14 days’ paid sick leave as a precaution. The pilots, however, will be allowed to work as normal.

There are now confirmed COVID-19 cases in around 60 countries around the world.

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