SINGAPORE: Nine COVID-19 clusters at foreign worker dormitories were declared closed on Tuesday (Aug 4), including the cluster at Tuas View Dormitory, which was linked to more than 1,500 cases.
According to the Ministry of Health (MOH), the newly closed COVID-19 clusters are: SCM Tuas Lodge at 80 Tuas South Boulevard, Tuas View Dormitory at 70 Tuas South Avenue 1, 17 Jalan Besut, 5 Kian Teck Crescent, 8 Sungei Kadut Avenue, 3 Sungei Kadut Avenue, 115 Tuas View Walk 1, 117 Tuas View Walk 1 and 38 Woodlands Industrial Park E1 #04-18/19.
MOH said the inter-agency task force has been “systematically and progressively clearing dormitories through aggressive testing of migrant workers residing in dormitories”.
"The (nine) dormitories have been cleared, and now house only recovered individuals and those who have recently tested negative for COVID-19 infection. As such, the clusters have now been closed," added the health ministry.