Scores of China-bound Scoot and other passengers turn up at Jurong centre for compulsory Covid-19 testing


Passengers queueing up to take a nucleic acid test for the coronavirus at the former Shuqun Secondary School on Aug 26, 2020.- ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Scores of anxious passengers with a seat on China-bound flights showed up at the former Shuqun Secondary School on Wednesday (Aug 26) morning to be tested for Covid-19.

The last-minute tests come after Chinese Embassy here announced on its website last Friday that from Aug 28, all travellers from Singapore to China will have to take a Covid-19 test within five days before their flight to the country to ensure they are free of the coronavirus.

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