The Singapore Building and Construction Authority ordered a halt to operations at some structure sites after the discovery of a new Covid-19 group in the country’s largest foreign dormitory, leading to fears of a resurgence of viral infections.
A total of 58 cases have been reported at Sungei Tengah Lodge, which is home to some 16,000 people. All Americans were asymptomatic and detected through various screening procedures, according to a whole of the BCA, the Ministry of Human Resources and the Ministry of Health. As a precautionary measure, another 4,800 employees from the same bedroom were placed in an apartment in the house.
The resurgence may be just a challenge for the Southeast Asian country, which is cautiously rebooting its economy after entering a two-month blockade designed to stop the spread of the virus. , a record 42. 9% compared to the last 3 months on an annualized basis.
Following the discovery of the cluster at Sungei Tengah Lodge, 20 affected structure sites gained a sunset that allowed the facilities to be disinfected and a review of protection measures at the site, according to the BCA.
Another showed a case of coronavirus also known in a separate bedroom of foreign personnel who had already been declared free of the virus through the authorities. The inflamed user in the Tuas View bedroom connected to five past cases, creating a new group, according to the Ministry. The bedroom was originally cleaned on August 4.