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No breach found so far in probe into 13 SHN cases at Mandarin Orchard hotel: Lawrence Wong
MOH also tested 571 staff of Mandarin Orchard, and all the polymerase chain reaction test results came back negative for Covid-19.ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
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No breach in operations found yet at Mandarin Orchard, says minister
Guests leaving Mandarin Orchard on Sunday. Education Minister Lawrence Wong, who co-chairs the multi-ministry task force, said that what happened at the hotel is yet another reminder that things can go wrong . The minister added that Singapore s SHN regime has, by and large, been effective.ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
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December 21, 2020
Staff in PPE working at the Mandarin Orchard on Dec 20, 2020, after 13 Covid-19 cases were detected among people who had served their SHN at the hotel.
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SINGAPORE - Three people who are serving their stay-home notice (SHN) at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore have tested positive for Covid-19. It is likely these are imported cases and not linked to 13 other cases being investigated, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Sunday (Dec 20).
Additionally, serological tests conducted on three members of staff have come back positive, indicating likely past infections. Epidemiological investigations of these cases are in progress.
The cases were detected after guests serving SHN at the hotel were swabbed as part of measures taken after MOH launched a probe into 13 coronavirus cases among people who had previously served their SHN at Mandarin Orchard Singapore.
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SINGAPORE: Eight more Mandarin Orchard hotel employees are likely to have been previously infected with COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (Dec 21).
Their serological tests came back positive, indicating likely past infections. Together with the three announced on Sunday, 11 hotel staff members are now reported to have likely past infections.
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