SINGAPORE: A new COVID-19 cluster was reported on Saturday (Aug 22) at Singapore's biggest purpose-built dormitory, about a month after it was ...
SINGAPORE: A new COVID-19 cluster was reported on Saturday at Singapore's biggest purpose-built dormitory, about a month after it was declared to be"fully cleared" of the coronavirus.
Sungei Tengah Lodge is Singapore's biggest purpose-built dormitory, with about 16,000 workers living there., and was among the first dormitories be gazetted as an isolation area under the Infectious Diseases Act. The notification was revoked on Jul 18.READ: COVID-19 cases detected again in cleared migrant worker dorms, about 7,000 quarantined due to new infections
Some of the new cases were picked up through routine testing that is conducted biweekly, and some of the workers had gone back to work.On Saturday, authorities said employers must ensure their workers have completed a COVID-19 swab test in the past 14 days by Sep 5, as part of plans to ensure the safe restart of work. Those who have not done so will not be able to return to work.
“Employers are reminded to quickly schedule appointment slots for their workers if they have not done so, to avoid disruption to business operations,” the authorities said on Saturday.
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