SINGAPORE, Aug 13 — About 800 migrant workers have been newly quarantined because the Ministry of Health (MOH) discovered a Covid-19 case among them in a cleared dormitory. The MOH said yesterday that the quarantined workers are among about 22,800 who are still serving out their quarantine...
Thursday, 13 Aug 2020 06:59 AM MYT
SINGAPORE, Aug 13 — About 800 migrant workers have been newly quarantined because the Ministry of Health discovered a Covid-19 case among them in a cleared dormitory. “These workers will be tested when their quarantine ends, and we expect the case counts to remain high in the coming days, before tapering down thereafter,” MOH said.All migrant workers living in dormitories have been tested for Covid-19, the Manpower Ministry said in a joint statement with several other government agencies on Tuesday. In the joint statement, the agencies said that there had already been instances where new cases were detected at previously cleared dormitories.
Separately, MOM said that with effect from Tuesday, all dormitories here had been declared cleared of Covid-19, with the exception of 17 standalone blocks in six purpose-built dormitories which serve as quarantine centres.
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