As COVID-19 continues its tour—wholly uninvited—in Singapore, affected individuals continue to have to go for mandatory testing as a precautionary measure.
But COVID-19 has been making its rounds around our homes recently, and residents of yet another HDB block have to get tested for the coronavirus.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that they are investigating suspected COVID-19 transmission at Henderson Road.
There have been five cases of COVID-19 infection picked up in three households at 91 Henderson Road.
Here’s all that you need to know.
Residents of HDB Block in Henderson Road to Undergo Mandatory COVID-19 Testing
Mandatory testing will be conducted for all residents of 91 Henderson Road in order to halt any undetected community transmission.
Testing is optional for those who have tested negative for COVID-19 from 25 June onwards.
Mandatory testing will be carried out at the pavilion at 96B Henderson Road from 30 June to 1 July between 9:00am and 4:00pm.
If a positive COVID-19 case is found, the case will be isolated and close contacts will be identified and quarantined to prevent further transmission.
In addition, MOH will also conduct voluntary testing for visitors and people who have had interactions with residents of 91 Henderson Road.
This will take place between 9 to 28 June. The voluntary testing will be carried out by appointment only at designated Regional Screening Centres from 30 June to 1 July.
It will also take place at the pavilion at 96B Henderson Road on 1 July between 9:00am and 4:00pm.
7 COVID-19 Cases Detected at Henderson Crescent Through Mass Testing
You might have read this and thought huh, didn’t you see the exact same thing a while back?
But no, that was Henderson Crescent; this is Henderson Road.
Henderson this, Henderson that—COVID-19 is still COVID-19.
But back to Henderson Crescent. According to MOH, the mass testing exercise at 105 Henderson Crescent involving 591 residents and visitors has concluded .
A total of seven COVID-19 cases have been found. The other 584 individuals tested negative. The positive cases include a 70-year-old retiree, a 32-year-old part-time delivery rider, and a foreign domestic worker.
Meanwhile, no new infections were found in Eng Watt Street in Tiong Bahru, which concluded mass testing. All 145 residents and visitors were in the clear, according to MOH.
The mass testing exercise had been carried out after 13 COVID-19 cases had been found in three households there.
In addition, mandatory testing had also been carried out for the residents of Block 103 Henderson Crescent and Blocks 55, 56, and 57 Lengkok Bahru in recent days.
Owners and staff of the shops in the Lengkok Bahru blocks were also tested for COVID-19.
This came after four COVID-19 cases had been found in three households in Block 103 Henderson Crescent, along with coronavirus viral fragments in wastewater from the Lengkok Bahru blocks.
The mandatory testing for these residents was carried out on 28 and 29 June.
Yikes, give Henderson a break, COVID-19.
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