Singapore Airlines flight attendant is fifth person on flight from UAE to test positive for Covid-19

A 41-year-old SIA cabin crew member who was on a turnaround flight to the United Arab Emirates is the fifth person on that aircraft to have tested positive for the coronavirus. All five have also tested preliminarily positive for the more infectious B117 strain of the coronavirus, the Ministry of Health said Tuesday. The flight attendant, who is Singaporean, was among 11 coronavirus cases confirmed by MOH on Tuesday. The new cases, all imported, take Singapore's total to 59,732. The four other passengers, all dependant's pass holders, were confirmed positive for Covid-19 earlier this month. They include a three-year-old girl and a one-year-old boy. "In view of her recent travel history, and the possibility that she might have been infected on board the flight, we have preliminarily classified this case as imported," said MOH. Meanwhile, all the identified close contacts of the patient have been isolated and placed on quarantine, it added.<br/>