Mr Ng, 50, a private-hire driver, said: There is so much fake news these days, who knows if it s real or fake any more.
It was only after he received SMS messages from the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Health Promotion Board on Friday morning that he knew it was a fact.
MOH said on Thursday that all residents of Block 506 Hougang Avenue 8 will be tested for Covid-19 at the void deck of the block on Friday and Saturday, after some residents of the 12-storey block were found to have tested positive for Covid-19.
This was the first time an entire block of residents - 116 households in all - have undergone mandatory Covid-19 testing as a precautionary measure.