In this task, you are given a sentence in the Romanian language. Your job is to translate the Romanian sentence into the English language.
Example: Un bărbat pune brânză mărunțită pe o pizza.
Example solution: A man is spreading shreded cheese on a pizza.
Example explanation: In the given translation process, the tense of both sentences, quantitative measures, entity name, the polarity of the sentence remains the same.

Problem: În septembrie, un cercetător din Singapore, în vârstă de 27 de ani, a contractat SARS în timp ce lucra într-un laborator.

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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Solution: In September, a 27-year-old Singapore researcher contracted SARS while working in a laboratory.