The Ministry of Health(MOH) confirmed 88 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on Sunday (July 18), of which 42 are linked to the Jurong Fishery Port cluster and 25 belong to the KTV cluster.
KTV cluster
MOH is investigating transmission amongst social hostesses that have been working in illegal establishments and their close social contacts.
MOH’s epidemiological investigations revealed that there is likely ongoing transmission at the following KTV drinking places:
According to a letter sent to parents or guardians of Raffles Institution, a stall assistant working in Year 1-4 school canteen has been tested positive for Covid-19 on 17 July 2021. The stall assistant was last in school on Friday 16 July.
Here is the advisory:
We would like to inform you that a stall assistant in our Year 1-4 school canteen has tested positive for COVID-19 on 17 July 2021 (Saturday). The stall assistant was last in school on Friday 16 July and was well when she was present in the school canteen.
Preliminary information obtained from the stall assistant is that. apart from collecting payment for meats from students and staff, which typically took a few seconds, the stall assistant had minimal contact with them.
The school will be conducting contact tracing to identify students and staff who were in close contact with the stall assistant during the infectious period. As part of the enhanced contact tracing efforts, close contacts will be identified both through the contact tracing conducted by the school and the information gathered through TraceTogether Tokens/Apps. Staff and students who are close contacts will be placed on Leave of Absence (LOA) and will thereafter be contacted by MOH on the public health actions required.
Advisories from two schools were published and send to parents after a student at Punggol Cove Primary school and a staff member from Horizon Primary school was found positive for Covid-19.
Yesterday a school involving schools at Yishun was reported as well.
Punggol Cove Primary School (52 Sumang Walk)
The student is Primary 3 and was last in school on 15 July 2021, the student is the household member of a confirmed case.
Here is the advisory:
We would like to inform you that a student from Primary 3 Diamond has tested positive for COVID-19. The student was last in school on Thu, 15 Jul 2021 and was well. The student is the household member of a confirmed case.
As part of the enhanced contact tracing efforts, close contacts will be identified both through the contact tracing conducted by school and information gathered through students’ TraceTogether Tokens/Apps Students and staff who had been in close contact with the student have been placed on Leave of Absence (LOA).
Horizon Primary School (61 Edgedale Plains, In Punggol)
The staff member was last in school on 15 July 2021, the staff is the household member of a confirmed case.
Dear Parents/Guardians We would like to inform you that one of our staff has been tested positive for COVID-19. The officer was last in school on Thursday, 15 July 2021. The staff is the household member of a confirmed case.
As part of the enhanced contact tracing efforts, close contacts have be identified both through the contact tracing conduct. by school and the information gathered through students’ TraceTogether Tokens/Apps.
MOH advised all visitors to the affected premises to monitor their health closely, and minimise social interactions as far as possible, for 14 days from their date of visitor interaction.
On Saturday, police launched operations against two illegal public entertainment businesses, one along Selegie Road and the other in Tagore Lane.
In the Police media release, the Police said that:” “In both units, public entertainment and liquor were believed to have been provided without a valid licence,”
14 males and nine women aged 20 to 31 were allegedly seen socializing in a shophouse along Selegie Road during the operation. Two 24-year-old males, thought to be the unit’s operators, were detained on suspicion of providing alcohol without a license.
Two males and 11 women aged 23 to 38 were apprehended during a raid on a business unit along Tagore Lane by the police. A 37-year-old man was detained as the unit’s supposed operator.
According to the police, the persons located in the units will be probed for suspected non-compliance with safety measures.
An ex-employee working at Jurong Fishery Port has spoken to us regarding the habits of the workers working there.
Here is the story:
Currently, in the office buildings of Jurong Fishery Port, we have some of the offices squeeze with over 10 employees sleeping in 1 room with no social distancing and they do not wear any masks when they are in the office areas.
You see the photo I provided above, these are by right office spaces but look at the units with clothes hanging outside, Some of the better employers give them washing machine and dryer. Those not so lucky ownself wash in the toilet and hang outside the corridor.
You can often hear them sing Karaokes, gambling and drinking beer in the daytime and later selling fish at night.
On their off days, they everyweek would often gather to go dirty massages and KTV, They even asked me to go with them but I would decline. Most of them are a bunch of dirty old men that have wives back in Malaysia.
In the fishery port, most of the workers there are from Malaysia, China and Vietnam.
An advisory from PCF Sparkletots Preschool @ Ayer Rajah Blk 750 has been released to parents. The screenshot said that the child from Kindergarten 2 was tested positive for Covid-19 and the child was last in the centre on 13 July.
Here is the advisory:
Confirmed Covid-19 Case in Centre Dear Parents/Guardians, We were just informed this evening by MOH that a child from Kindergarten 2 has tested positive for COVID-19.
The child was last in the centre on Tuesday, 13 July 2021 and had cleared all health and temperature checks without any displayed symptoms of being unwell. Contact tracing is ongoing, and we are working with MOH and ECDA on the next course of action.
Asa precautionary measure, the centre will close on Monday, 19 July for deep cleaning and disinfection. We seek your understanding and cooperation to make alternative childcare arrangements. Parents/Guardians are also advised to monitor your child’s health closely and seek medical attention promptly if your child is unwell. We will be in touch again tomorrow to provide an update.
Meanwhile, should you have any concerns or enquiries, please contact our centre staff via PEP or email [email protected].
