Coronavirus Genomic sequencing

Scientists find link between worksite and church clusters

Genomic sequencing helps to track spread of Covid-19 and how well it is being curbed

The Reverend Wilson Teo (above), part of the Grace Assembly of God church cluster, and Mr Raju Sarker (left), part of the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site cluster, were found to have been infected by the same clade, or branch, of the coron
The Reverend Wilson Teo, part of the Grace Assembly of God church cluster, and Mr Raju Sarker (above), part of the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site cluster, were found to have been infected by the same clade, or branch, of the coronavirus. PHOTOS: DESMOND WEE, LIANHE ZAOBAO FILE
The Reverend Wilson Teo (above), part of the Grace Assembly of God church cluster, and Mr Raju Sarker (left), part of the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site cluster, were found to have been infected by the same clade, or branch, of the coron
The Reverend Wilson Teo (above), part of the Grace Assembly of God church cluster, and Mr Raju Sarker, part of the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site cluster, were found to have been infected by the same clade, or branch, of the coronavirus. PHOTOS: DESMOND WEE, LIANHE ZAOBAO FILE
The Reverend Wilson Teo (above), part of the Grace Assembly of God church cluster, and Mr Raju Sarker (left), part of the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site cluster, were found to have been infected by the same clade, or branch, of the coron
Scientists now know that several Covid-19 clusters, including the one from Grace Assembly of God, were part of the same cluster. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
Salma Khalik
Senior Health Correspondent
Updated
May 24, 2021, 02:02 PM
Published
Nov 08, 2020, 05:00 AM
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One is a Bangladeshi worker whose baby was born during the more than two months he spent in intensive care. The other is a local church pastor.

They have more in common than a cursory glance may suggest.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on November 08, 2020, with the headline Scientists find link between worksite and church clusters. Subscribe

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