Changi Airport to test 9,000 workers, shortens rostered routine test cycle

Changi Airport Terminal 3 Basement 2 shall be closed to the general public, beginning Could 10.

Roughly 9,000 staff within the Changi Airport will bear obligatory COVID-19 testing beginning Could 9, following eight constructive instances up to now two weeks.

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In an announcement, the Changi Airport Group mentioned that regardless of the vaccination of 92% of its frontline aviation staff, danger of COVID-19 an infection nonetheless remained.

The employees that may bear testing are from Changi Airport’s Terminals 1 and three, as Terminal 2 continues to be not working.

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Vaccinated staff who've been positioned on a 28-day rostered routine testing cycle will now be positioned on a 14-day cycle.

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Terminal 3 Basement 2 shall be closed to the general public beginning Could 10 pending epidemiological investigations by the Ministry of Well being, as a number of of the constructive COVID-19 instances visited shops there.

Employees working in meals and beverage and shops additionally should be examined earlier than their shops will be reopened to serve clients.