A spokesperson, Mr Clark I think, from the Ministry of Health announced today, March 2, "We are contacting the people seated near the infected passenger who arrived here recently to get them into quarantine".

There is a weird message of inadequacy here because everyone on the plane has been exposed via the air con system.

Every time the infected one went to the toilet she touched multiple surfaces including the toilet door handle, then the taps, the seat and the flush button.

The passenger probably put her hands on each seat, each side of the aisle, as inconsiderate passengers do when they walk down the aisle.

The crew would have handled her cups after each meal and her plates and cutlery. Everyone on that plane should be tested including the crew.

Someone or everybody in the ministry needs their bumps felt and some gene therapy to get rid of the stupidity gene.

Alastair Bourne, Bethlehem