Another 3 New Dormitory Clusters Reported & 2 Popular Malls Visited By Covid-19 Cases

If you woke up one day, sweating buckets because of a nightmare about clusters appearing in dormitories again, I’ve got some bad news for you: It’s happening right now.

For the past few days, reports about new Covid-19 clusters in foreign workers’ dormitories have been popping up.

And today, more has been reported.

Another 3 New Dormitory Clusters Reported

On 5 Sep, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 3 new Covid-19 clusters in Singapore.

All of them are in dormitories housing foreign workers.

The first Covid-19 cluster, which is located at Cochrane Lodge I, has nine Covid-19 cases linked to it.

The second, located at Mandai Lodge I, has 17 Covid-19 cases linked.

And the last cluster, located at Tuas South Dormitory, was linked to 11 previously-confirmed Covid-19 cases.

This brings the total number of Covid-19 clusters in dormitories to 12.

It has to be said though, that unlike the previous times when clusters were popping up like the hammer-the-mole game we used to play in arcades, the cases were caught earlier this time due to the various measures in place like the enhanced community testing and the bi-weekly Rostered Routine Testing.

Popular Neighbourhood Malls Visited By Covid-19 Cases

MOH regularly updates their list of places Covid-19 patients visited during their infectious period every time they have an update.

And on 5 Sep, they added two popular neighbourhood malls to the list.

Both are in the northeast.

• 26 Aug 2020, 2pm to 3pm — The Seletar Mall (33 Sengkang West)
• 25 Aug 2020, 12.30pm to 2pm — Waterway Point (83 Punggol Central)

Here is the full list of locations:

More Details On 5 Sep Cases

On 5 Sep 2020, 34 new Covid-19 cases were reported.

29 of them are foreign workers living in dormitories.

14 of them were identified as contacts of earlier-confirmed Covid-19 cases and have already been placed on quarantine.

The remaining 15 were detected through surveillance testing, like the bi-weekly Rostered Routine Testing (RRT).

There are 2 imported cases, both Singaporeans who had returned from India and Australia on 24 Aug and 25 Aug respectively.

They were placed on Stay-Home-Notice (SHN) upon arrival and were detected during this period.

Three community cases were reported as well, two of them work pass holders and the remaining community case is a Singaporean.

All three cases are asymptomatic and currently unlinked.

According to reports, a Singaporean had travelled to Malaysia but was denied entry at the airport due to administrative issues.

While he was in Malaysia, he tested negative for Covid-19.

He was subsequently placed on SHN upon his return to Singapore and tested positive during his SHN.

The two work pass holders were detected during the RRT for workers in the construction, marine and processing sectors living outside dormitories.

The average number of new daily cases in the community in a week has increased from 2 to 3.

The average number of unlinked cases in the community has remained stable at 1 per week.

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