MOH Started Listing Down Where COVID-19 Cases Have Been: Jurong Point is the First Place Mentioned

As Singapore is moving into opening up its economy again, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has launched its latest offensive against Covid-19:

MOH Started Listing Down Where COVID-19 Cases Have Been

Released for the first time on 25 May, the list will contain information on the date, place and time of visits by community cases during their infectious period.

There are currently two entries on the list:

• 20 May 2020 / 1630h to 1800h / Jurong Point (NTUC FairPrice)
• 21 May 2020 / 1730h to 1830h / Jurong Point (Shokhutsu Ten Japanese Food Street)

That’s right, both are at Jurong Point.

MOH is asking for anyone who has visited the same locations during the above-mentioned timing to monitor your health for a period of 14 days.

Go see a doctor if you start experiencing even mild symptoms:

“They should see a doctor promptly if they develop symptoms of acute respiratory infection (such as cough, sore throat and runny nose), as well as fever and loss of taste or smell, and inform the doctor of their exposure history.”

The list will be updated on a “rolling 14-day basis” (read: minus 14 days from the date of symptoms showing up) to account for the incubation period of the coronavirus.

It will also exclude public transport, their homes, workplaces and even healthcare facilities.

Close contacts, MOH added, would already have been notified by them.

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Current Covid-19 Situation in S’pore

On 25 May, 344 new Covid-19 cases were detected.

On average, based on 24 May’s numbers, the number of new cases in the community has increased, from an average of 5 cases per day in the week before to an average of 6 per day in the past week.

But before you start screaming (online) at Covidiots, there’s a reason for the increase:

This is partly due to MOH’s active surveillance and screening of nursing home residents and pre-school staff, which have picked up more cases in the past week.

Nonetheless, that doesn’t mean we should start going out to party like these 8 people.

We’re already in the last week of May, and next week is (possibly) the start of Phase 1, so let’s not spoil the market.

Plus, if you can’t tell by now, MOH’s list of places shows how vulnerable we still are to Covid-19 transmission.

And how much more we’ll be when Phase 1 starts.

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