A 43-year-old Singaporean man, known as Case 60389, is the husband of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) cabin crew member whose COVID-19 infection was confirmed on Feb 9 after she was on a turnaround flight to the United Arab Emirates.
He developed “anosmia”, or loss of smell, on Feb 15 during quarantine but did not report his symptom, said MOH.
“On Feb 20, he developed a fever and self-medicated, again without informing MOH of his symptoms,” said the ministry.” He was tested positive on the following day and was sent to the National Centre for Infected Diseases.
The man who works as an event planner is believed to have not been to work since Feb 1. The man’s wife had tested preliminarily positive for the B117 strain of the coronavirus which was considered the more contagious strain first detected in the UK. Her husband has been also been tested for the B117 strain and the result is currently pending.
It is believed that the female cabin crew might have been infected on board a turnaround flight to the UAE.