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SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) has grounded passengers on a Turkish Airlines flight that was scheduled to depart from Changi Airport at 11.35pm on Wednesday (March 4).
MOT said in a statement last night: “The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed late Wednesday night that one of the passengers on TK54 which had arrived in Singapore from Turkey on 3 March 2020 was tested positive for the Covid-19.
MOH has started contact tracing for flight passengers who may have had contact with the case while the case was infectious.”
MOT, together with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Changi Airport Group, are in contact with and assisting the airline and passengers.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also in contact with the Turkish Embassy on this matter, the MOT statement said.
The Covid-19 outbreak has had a significant impact on the aviation industry.
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