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The testing operation came as 24 community cases so far have been linked to an 88-year-old cleaner, including seven cases announced on Wednesday.
The man was first discovered to have Covid-19 on May 5, the Ministry of Health had previously said.
CAAS and CAG have stressed that Changi Airport remains open for air travel during this period.
Passengers can continue to be dropped off and picked up from the airport, they said.
Singapore reported 16 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, 10 of which were in the wider community.
One of the community cases has not been traced to any previously reported infections, the ministry said. No further details were given about the two remaining community cases.
The other six cases on Wednesday were imported and had all been placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore.
There are no new cases in the foreign worker dormitories, the ministry added.
The total number of Covid-19 cases in Singapore now stands at 61,419.
“We are still working through the details of the cases, and further updates will be shared via the MOH press release that will be issued tonight,” the Ministry of Health said.
Singapore’s Changi Airport is the seventh busiest in the world. In 2019, Changi Airport Group and real estate giant CapitaLand transformed what was previously the open-air car park of its Terminal 1 into an epic, multifaceted, 10-storey complex. Thousands of Singaporeans flocked to visit the attraction
The gleaming, dome-shaped glass structure was designed by Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie, whose past works include Singapore’s famed Marina Bay Sands.
Inside stands the world’s tallest indoor waterfall – at 40 metres high. There are about 300 more shops, food and drink outlets, and nature areas populated with 2,500 trees and 100,000 shrubs hand-picked and flown in from countries including Spain, China and Thailand.
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