Passenger removed from plane after testing positive for Covid-19

Officials say there was little if any risk' of transmission as all passengers and crew were wearing face masks

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Hazmat-clad officials rushed on board a Ryanair flight moments before it departed from London Stansted to remove a passenger who had tested positive for coronavirus.

On Wednesday night, a passenger received a text from test and trace minutes before departure informing him that he had Covid-19. He and the passenger he was travelling with were then taken off the plane before it was due to fly to Pisa in Italy.