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Singapore Edition International EditionWorker who assisted COVID-19-infected family from South Asia could be ‘source’ of 43 cases at Changi Airport
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Worker who assisted COVID-19-infected family from South Asia could be ‘source’ of 43 cases at Changi Airport
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Changi Airport's Terminal 3 has seen much less human traffic (Photo: Jeremy Long)21 May 2021 08:38PM(Updated: 21 May 2021 09:27PM)
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SINGAPORE: A worker who assisted a family from South Asia last month could have been the infection source that led to 43 staff members at Changi Airport testing positive for COVID-19."Phylogenetic testing results for an initial batch of COVID-19 positive airport workers were found to be similar and of the B1617 variant, indicating that they originated from a common source," the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Changi Airport Group (CAG) said in a joint media release on Friday (May 21)