Four pilots of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) tested negative for coronavirus after they returned from a flight abroad, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Sunday.

The four-member PIA cockpit crew included two pilots and two first officers were shifted to a quarantine centre in Karachi, where their tests were conducted. The crew had returned from a ferry flight from Britain.

It may be mentioned here that PIA partially restored its flights' operation with special flights to Britain. Several flights had already left Islamabad for the UK and more are planned to take off in the next few days.