According to the Ministry of Health (MOH), As of 17 July 2021, 12 pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified that there are 60 cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection, of which 29 belong to the KTV cluster.
There are currently 5 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 1 in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Here are the 11 affected markets
Markets and clusters
- Amoy Street Food Centre
- Chong Pang Market & Food Centre
- Whampoa Wet Market
- Telok Blangah Crescent Block 11
- Taman Jurong Market
- Redhill Market
- Geylang Serai Malay Market
- Geylang Bahru Market
- 527 Ang Mo Kio Market
- 726 West Coast Wet Market
- Bukit Timah Wet Market
The MOH has uncovered clusters involving markets and food centres. Fishmongers who visited the Jurong Fishery Port to gather their supply and sell it at the markets are believed to have seeded these clusters.
MOH announced the cluster at Hong Lim Market & Food Centre yesterday, and MOH is now investigating 2 cases who work in or visited Chong Boon Market & Food Centre (453A Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10), with 3 more cases pending confirmation.
AMK Chong Boon Market & Food Centre Closed
Chong Boon Market & Food Centre will be closed to all members of the public from 18 July to 1 August 2021.
MOH has also detected cases amongst fishmongers working at, Most are tested positive via Antigen Rapid Tests (ART) and are being confirmed with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing.
Testing of fishmongers is still ongoing. As there is a risk of transmission to other markets and food centres, we are conducting aggressive contact tracing, quarantine and testing to ringfence the cases and prevent further spread.
MOH, therefore, advises all visitors to the markets and food centres to avoid crowds and to do their marketing during off-peak hours, or at supermarkets, and to strictly observe the safety management measures.