How Did the French Family Enter Cambodia After COVID Tests in Singapore ?

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How Did the French Family Enter Cambodia After COVID Tests in Singapore ?

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Intriguing question. How did the infected French family do a runner on the Singapore authorities ?

57 mins ago - BREAKING NEWS
Mystery of how French family flew to Cambodia from Singapore after testing unresolved
The mystery of a French family of three who entered Cambodia in the early hours of March 14, 2020 from Singapore after the male, aged 35, had tested for COVID-19 at a Singapore medical facility and was instructed to wait for the results on March 13, 2020.

However, it was learned that the next morning, March 14, 2020, the family of three boarded the first SilkAir flight to Phnom Penh and checked into an apartment block at Toultompong.

The Singapore authorities, have got the test result which revealed the male was positive for COVID-19, alerted Cambodian authorities who then mounted a search for the trio.

They were eventually tracked down to an apartment, with tracing being done through CCTV cameras placed at the airport, through which they managed to locate the taxi which brought them to the apartment.

On questioning the car driver, he gave the address where he dropped the trio and also the telephone number.

Health officials came at about 730pm to whisk the male away for further tests and again he was tested positive. The infant was tested positive the next day while the mother, 28, was tested positive on March 23, 2020.

Khmer Times sent a list of questions to the Singapore authorities, seeking clarifications as to how the trip managed to leave Singapore when they were instructed to wait for the results.

The positive side of it is because of the island nation’s sophisticated tracking and tracking system, they managed to discover that the family had boarded the flight to Phnom Penh and quickly alerted the authorities here.

After almost three weeks, Khmer Times is still waiting for a response on the saga of the French family.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50709551/m ... nresolved/
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Re: How Did the French Family Enter Cambodia After COVID Tests in Singapore ?

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The crack on the corvid défense front has to be enormous for the entire family to fell through. C’mon, Singapore, you can do better than that
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Plenty of space for a family of 3 in the landing gear of a jumbo jet. Passenger or cargo, its all the same.
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Is it an offence to travel knowing you have the virus, it should be with harsh penalties
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However, it was learned that the next morning, March 14, 2020, the family of three boarded the first SilkAir flight to Phnom Penh and checked into an apartment block at Toultompong.
Irresponsible selfish gits. Singapore should have locked them up while waiting for their test results. They may have infected dozens of people on their trip.
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If they did not know he was infected, or a good chance of being so,
and he travelled legally - you can not blame him.
If he had suspected he was infected i doubt if he would have thought "Oh, my chances of better care and even survival are so much better in Cambodia than Singapore"
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Considering Pochentong probably still has zero measures for screening people, I'm not sure all the blame should be placed on the Singaporeans.
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Very quick to crucify this family

I wonder if these commenters still hold the same feelings?
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