"The inter-agency task force has completed the testing of all workers in the dormitories. There are currently about 13,700 workers who are still serving out their quarantine period," said MOH.
"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."
BOTH COMMUNITY CASES UNLINKED
Both of the community cases reported on Saturday are Singaporeans and are currently unlinked to previous cases, the health ministry said.
One of the cases, a 63-year-old woman, was tested after being admitted to a hospital for another medical condition.
The other community case, a 56-year-old woman, had gone to work at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College Central. She was detected to have the coronavirus after she was diagnosed with acute respiratory infection.
Epidemiological investigations of the cases are in progress, said MOH.
"In the meantime, all the identified close contacts of the cases have been isolated and placed on quarantine, and will be tested at the start and end of their quarantine period so that we can detect asymptomatic cases," the health ministry said.
"We will also conduct serological tests for their household contacts to determine if these cases could have been infected by them."
"The inter-agency task force has completed the testing of all workers in the dormitories. There are currently about 13,700 workers who are still serving out their quarantine period," said MOH.
"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."
BOTH COMMUNITY CASES UNLINKED
Both of the community cases reported on Saturday are Singaporeans and are currently unlinked to previous cases, the health ministry said.
One of the cases, a 63-year-old woman, was tested after being admitted to a hospital for another medical condition.
The other community case, a 56-year-old woman, had gone to work at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College Central. She was detected to have the coronavirus after she was diagnosed with acute respiratory infection.
Epidemiological investigations of the cases are in progress, said MOH.
"In the meantime, all the identified close contacts of the cases have been isolated and placed on quarantine, and will be tested at the start and end of their quarantine period so that we can detect asymptomatic cases," the health ministry said.
"We will also conduct serological tests for their household contacts to determine if these cases could have been infected by them."