As days and weeks go by in the circuit breaker, it can be quite worrying that we see workers working in Healthcare Sector getting infected.
As they are our frontline defences against the virus.
On 8 May, MOH announced a case from the healthcare sector working in a nursing home.
Details:
Case 21161
Case 21161 is a 34-year-old female Filipino national who is a Singapore Work Pass holder and has no recent travel history to affected countries or regions. She was tested for COVID-19 as part of MOH’s additional precautionary measures for nursing home staff, and was confirmed to have COVID-19 infection on 7 May. She is currently warded at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.
Prior to hospital admission, she had gone to work as a Resident Care Associate at Ren Ci @ Ang Mo Kio (Nursing Home).