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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
COVID-19: Sungei Tengah Lodge declared an isolation area under Infectious Diseases Act
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SINGAPORE: A fourth foreign worker dormitory has been gazetted as an isolation area, following a rise in COVID-19 cases. Sungei Tengah Lodge was declared an isolation area under the Infectious Diseases Act “for the purpose of preventing the spread or possible outbreak of the infectious disease COVID-19”, according to a notice by the Ministry of
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
COVID-19: Toh Guan Dormitory declared as isolation area under Infectious Diseases Act
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SINGAPORE: Toh Guan Dormitory has been declared as an isolation area under the Infectious Diseases Act, following a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in several foreign worker dormitories across Singapore. Toh Guan Dormitory was declared as an isolation area “for the purpose of preventing the spread or possible outbreak of the infectious disease COVID-19”,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 24, 2020
People with COVID-19 are ‘most infectious’ in first 7 days after developing symptoms: NCID consultant
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Singapore What have doctors in Singapore learnt about the new coronavirus, two months after the first patient was identified here? CNA speaks to NCID consultant Dr Wong Chen Seong to find out. This image obtained March 12, 2020 courtesy of The National Institutes of Health(NIH)/NIAD-RML shows a scanning electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2 that causes
