COVID-19: Six more dorm clusters identified
The MOH also confirmed six clusters linked to dormitories at 15 Kaki Bukit Crescent, 9 Kian Teck Drive, 1A Pioneer Sector Walk, Potong Pasir Avenue 1, 214 Tagore Lane and 200A Tuas South Boulevard.
A 37-year-old male Myanmar national, identified as case 39321, was swabbed as part of efforts to screen workers in essential services. He is classified as a local unlinked case. It added that the number of new cases in the community has increased from an average of six cases per day in the week before, to an average of eight per day in the past week.
About 10 per cent of some 400,000 such workers who live in dorms have been cleared of the infection, said Manpower Minister Josephine Teo on 1 June during a press conference. Breakdown of 422 new COVID-19 cases https://t.co/Xc6ZhG16Td pic.twitter.com/AQT023THtSJEM, Pioneer Mall added to public places listOn Tuesday, the ministry added two more public places to a list of locations – first published on 25 May – visited by infectious cases in the community for over 30 minutes.
They have also been urged by the ministry to visit the doctor if they develop symptoms such as cough, sore throat, as well as fever and loss of taste or smell, and inform the doctor of their exposure history.
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