SCREENING OF STAFF IN PUBLIC BUS INDUSTRY COMPLETED
MOH has completed its screening and testing of all staff members in the public bus industry who work at depots and interchanges.
"This is a precautionary measure after we detected some cases at Bukit Panjang Integrated Transport Hub," the health ministry said.
In all, more than 14,800 staff and close contacts of the cases were tested using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests between Jul 23 and Aug 15. All of them have tested negative, except for 10 cases which were announced earlier.
The last of the 10 cases was reported on Aug 18, a 39-year-old man works at a bus depot in a "non-public facing" role.
On Aug 18, MOH said that serological tests were conducted to determine if the 10 cases were current or past infections. Seven came back positive, which indicate "likely past infection", said the health ministry.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has remained stable at an average of two cases per day in the past two weeks.
The number of unlinked cases in the community has also remained stable at an average of one case per day in the past two weeks.
"We will continue to closely monitor these numbers, as well as the cases detected through our surveillance programme," said the ministry.
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SCREENING OF STAFF IN PUBLIC BUS INDUSTRY COMPLETED
MOH has completed its screening and testing of all staff members in the public bus industry who work at depots and interchanges.
"This is a precautionary measure after we detected some cases at Bukit Panjang Integrated Transport Hub," the health ministry said.
In all, more than 14,800 staff and close contacts of the cases were tested using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests between Jul 23 and Aug 15. All of them have tested negative, except for 10 cases which were announced earlier.
The last of the 10 cases was reported on Aug 18, a 39-year-old man works at a bus depot in a "non-public facing" role.
On Aug 18, MOH said that serological tests were conducted to determine if the 10 cases were current or past infections. Seven came back positive, which indicate "likely past infection", said the health ministry.
Overall, the number of new cases in the community has remained stable at an average of two cases per day in the past two weeks.
The number of unlinked cases in the community has also remained stable at an average of one case per day in the past two weeks.
"We will continue to closely monitor these numbers, as well as the cases detected through our surveillance programme," said the ministry.
READ: New MOM division to provide support to migrant workers, dormitory operators