The incident led to more than 150 other Cathay employees, including pilots and flight attendants, and many household members and community contacts being sent to a government quarantine facility for three weeks, SCMP reported.
The newspaper said on Thursday the company did not reveal the breach but a source said the pilots were suspected of leaving their hotel rooms in Germany.
Cathay did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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