9 Covid-19 cases in Blk 111 Tampines St 11, residents of 58 households and their visitors offered testing

SINGAPORE - Testing is under way for residents of 58 households living in the same section of Block 111 Tampines Street 11 as nine confirmed Covid-19 cases.

Contact-tracing led to the discovery of six other cases, all within the same family - forming a cluster at 111 Tampines Street 11. Aside from the usual quarantine measures, residents of all 58 households living in the same section of the block that share a common lift lobby and stairwell were contacted to see if they were well - given the possibility that there may have been inadvertent contacts between the households.

So Covid-19 testing was offered to all the households, and 160 people, including visitors to the households, were contacted by MOH.Mr Gan said that another 29 are expected to be tested over the next two days, and an update on the results will be given when ready. National Development Minister Lawrence Wong, who co-chairs the multi-ministry task force with Mr Gan, said that the new normal as Singapore reopens its economy following the circuit breaker will potentially involve more people being contacted when there is a new Covid-19 case.

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