The husband and wife work at Jurong Port Road Hawker Centre selling mixed vegetables, they were both diagnosed with the coronavirus. It is believed that the husband continued to work alone in the stall for four days after the symptoms appeared.Â
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health, case 129 and a case 130 is a were diagnosed on the 6th of this month are from the same family and live on Jurong West Street 71.
The couple is responsible for handling food. Both cases were linked to the infection group at a private dinner at the Safra Jurong Cluster.
A statement from the Ministry of Health also pointed out that the 68-year-old female patient had not gone to work after symptoms appeared on the 2nd of this month. A 66-year-old male patient developed symptoms on the 24th of last month.
However, the male patient believed that he continued to work at the stall after the onset of symptoms.
According to Channel 8 this is one of the statements from a tenant at the hawker
The owner of the beverage stall, who declined to be named, said, “The last time I saw my boss was February 28.”
The cleaners had disinfected and cleaned the entire cooked food centre last Sunday (8th), and their business had not been significantly affected in the past two days.