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.
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Singapore There was confusion online after Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam in a speech in Parliament on Tuesday (May 11) deploring a hate crime challenged the opposition to take a stand on racism.
The minister said any member of Parliament who believes that CECA, the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, is the problem may put up a motion for debate.
“If we go down this route, eventually all Indians can be a target of hate,” Mr Shanmugam was quoted by CNA as saying.
“This bad behaviour and open expression of racism – I invite all here to condemn. There have been several canards about CECA, promoted by a whispering campaign.”
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1.8 million people in Singapore have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine A total of 1.2 million people have completed the full vaccination regimen, says Health Minister Gan Kim Yong.
Nurses prepare vaccines needed for the shift. (Photo: Matthew Mohan)
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SINGAPORE: As of May 9, about 1.8 million people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, with 1.2 million of them receiving their second dose, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong in Parliament on Tuesday (May 11).
In a ministerial statement on the whole-of-government response to COVID-19, Mr Gan noted that Singapore continues to make steady progress with its vaccination programme and that the take-up has been encouraging .