SINGAPORE: The cluster of COVID-19 infections at Changi Airport has grown to 46 cases, after 19 new cases were added to the list on Thursday (May 13).
The new cases include three cleaners and a cleaning supervisor, a housewife who visited Terminal 3 multiple times and a GoJek driver.Of the new cases, nine people work at Changi Airport, while six of them were household contacts of cleaners who worked at the airport.
His serology test result is negative for the N antigen, which suggests the presence of early infection. Case 63115 received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Feb 21, and the second dose on Mar 14. She developed a sore throat on May 10 but did not seek medical treatment. She was quarantined on May 11 as she was a close contact of her husband. After she reported her symptoms to the health ministry, she was tested for COVID-19 and confirmed to have the infection on May 12. She received her first dose of the vaccine on Apr 3, and her second on Apr 24.
His serology test result suggests early infection, and he has tested preliminarily positive for the B1617 variant pending further confirmatory tests. He received his first dose of the vaccine on Mar 28 and his second on Apr 25. Case 63128 was tested on May 11 and developed a cough but did not report this. His infection was confirmed the next day and his previous tests were negative, with the last on May 1. He has tested preliminarily positive for the B1617 variant.
Case 63132 is a 29-year-old engineer at ST Engineering who is a household contact of Case 63026. He was quarantined on May 9 and tested on May 11. He is asymptomatic and his test result came back positive for COVID-19 infection on 12 May. His serology test result is negative. He developed a headache and cough on May 11 but did not seek medical treatment. As he had been identified as a close contact of Case 63100, he was placed on quarantine on May 11 and confirmed to have the virus on May 12. He has tested preliminarily positive for the B1617 variant.
Case 63141 is a 40-year-old software engineer at ST Engineering. He developed a sore throat on May 9, a headache on May 10 and a runny nose on May 11. He sought medical treatment at a clinic on May 11 and was tested for COVID-19. His test result came back positive the next day. Case 63141 received his first dose of the vaccine on 5 Feb, and the second dose on Feb 26.
Case 63149 is an 80-year-old cleaner working for Ramky Cleantech Services at Changi Airport Terminal 3. As she had been identified as a contact of Case 62873, the 88-year-old Ramky Cleantech Services cleaner who was confirmed with COVID-19 on May 5, she was placed on quarantine on May 10. A total of 46 cases have now been linked to the cluster since an 88-year-old man who works as a cleaner at Terminal 3 tested positive on May 5.Amid a spike in the number of cases linked to the airport, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Changi Airport Group to members of the public from Thursday.
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