A Scoot flight that arrived in Tianjin from Singapore on the evening of Aug. 19, had 13 passengers on board with Covid-19.
Among these 13 passengers onboard TR138, 11 were working in the construction industry while residing in Singapore.
They are males, mostly aged around 40 to 50 years old.
They were all asymptomatic with 36.5°C body temperature recorded upon arrival.
However, nucleic acid tests showed that they were Covid-19 positive.
As such, they were immediately isolated at local hospitals.
The aircraft has a total seating capacity of 375 and carried 223 passengers.
Scoot immediately informed the Ministry of Health to take necessary actions.
The cabin crew and pilots of the flight have been advised to closely monitor their health and will not operate any flights in the next 14 days, Scoot said.