MOM said on 8 May that 3 more airport workers were infected with Covid-19, amongst them including a cleaner, a safety coordinator, and an aviation officer, of which two of them were fully vaccinated.
Among the 3 new cases is a 47-year-old cleaner working at Terminal 3, who is a work permit holder employed by Ramky Cleantech Services and was asymptomatic.
He was fully vaccinated and upon his test result coming back positive, he was sent to NCID.
Another case was a 33-year-old safety coordinator employed by Shimizu Corporation and deployed at Terminal 3.
He developed a fever after work and went to a clinic the next day, where he was tested and his test result came back positive.
He was then sent to NCID.
MOH highlighted that his work doens’t entail interaction with passengers.
The third case was a 57-year-old Singaporean who works as an aviation officer at Terminal 1 and 3.
He developed a sore throat in the evening and did not seek treatment, and his sore throat worsened the next day when we went to work.
He was tested for Covid-19 as part of a rostered routine testing and it came back positive.
He was then sent to NCID in an ambulance.
The man was fully vaccinated.
The 3 new cases at Changi Airport are part of the 7 new community cases reported on 8 May.