Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine
Physiological - Other; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury
General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
During a Flight Attendant crew change and passenger boarding; our Flight Attendant B advised Flight Attendant A and myself; Captain; that she received a call from her personal Physician that she had a positive result for COVID-19 test resulting from a pre-surgery screening. A Flight Attendant immediately advised B Flight Attendant to contact Crew Scheduling and request to be removed and replaced for the flight. The Captain immediately advised Operations Agent to discontinue boarding and have passengers in jet-bridge return to boarding area in terminal building; while B Flight Attendant gathered her belongings and removed herself from the aircraft.I then requested the Operations Agent to call Flight Attendant crew lounge to see if a Reserve Flight Attendant was available to assume vacant position. The Flight was originally advised of a 30 minute delay for inbound Flight Attendant from another flight. After approximately 10 minutes; we were advised that a Reserve Flight Attendant was enroute from the crew lounge to cover flight. The Flight took a 17 minute delay due to the Flight Attendant exchange.
Air Carrier Captain reported during passenger boarding one of the flight attendants received a call from a physician reporting a positive COVID-19 test result.