SINGAPORE: Three hostels in autonomous universities will be used as quarantine facilities in Singapore as authorities prepare for an increase in suspected cases of the Wuhan coronavirus.
Education Minister Ong Ye Kung told reporters on Monday that a hostel each from the National University of Singapore , Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University are being cleaned up before being repurposed into government quarantine facilities.The hostels are NUS' Prince George's Park Residences, NTU's Graduate Hall 1 and SMU's 83 Prinsep Street. Mr Ong said most students - including foreigners - affected will be transferred to other hostels on campus.
Mr Ong said there will be a"few more" hostels affected, adding that the Ministry of Education will provide details on this separately. Mr Ong said he does not have figures on how many students will be affected by this move.
Don’t you want to cover the mask shortage problem in Singapore? I have checked many shops and all are running out of stock for simple face masks. There should be a system in place distributing enough masks to each IC holder.
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