‘Super spreader’ brought coronavirus from Singapore to Sussex via France

By Haroon Siddique

Businessman appears to have unwittingly passed bug to at least 11 Britons in three countries

Three weeks ago, when knowledge of the coronavirus was still in its infancy, a middle-aged man from Hove, East Sussex, travelled to Singapore for a sales conference.

The event, organised by his firm, Servomex, was a chance to sharpen up sales skills and network with colleagues from other countries in the plush surrounds of the five-star Grand Hyatt hotel, where rooms can cost £1,000 a night.

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