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Mr Joven Ang pulled through after being evacuated home from Indonesia, but his wife and sons are in Jakarta.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF MS JESSICA ANG

Wong Yang, Zaihan Mohamed Yusof

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SINGAPORE - On June 22, Singaporean Jessica Ang, 45, received a phone call from Jakarta from her second brother Joven, who told her he had tested positive for Covid-19.
By June 29, the 47-year-old's health seemed to have "gone downhill". He was bedridden with a recurring fever and breathlessness.
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