PSA port workers at Pasir Panjang Terminal to be tested after new COVID-19 cluster found

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New COVID19 cluster formed after a trailer truck driver at Brani Terminal and Pasir Panjang Terminal tests positive; he is linked to 3 previous cases

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health will conduct"special testing operations" for PSA Singapore port workers at Pasir Panjang Terminal as a precautionary measure, after a new cluster was reported there.

This comes after a trailer truck driver at Brani Terminal and Pasir Panjang Terminal was reported to have tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday , said MOH.The 59-year-old Singaporean man is employed by GKE Express Logistics and was last at work on May 1. The man - identified as Case 62824 - is linked to three earlier cases, all of whom had been at Pasir Panjang Terminal for work.

"Transmission could have occurred at the terminal," said MOH."Further epidemiological investigations are ongoing."

 

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