June 29, 2021
Mass testing at 66 Eng Watt Street was completed on June 27 and all 145 residents and visitors tested negative.
The Straits Times/ Jason Quah
SINGAPORE - Seven Covid-19 cases have emerged from the mass testing of residents and visitors of 105 Henderson Crescent, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Monday (June 28).
The positive cases were reported last Friday and Saturday after 591 residents and visitors were tested.
They include a 70-year-old retiree, a 32-year-old who works as a part-time delivery rider, and a foreign domestic worker.
As at Monday, there were 13 cases linked to the 105 Henderson Crescent cluster, which was first reported last Friday.
New Covid-19 clusters at Changi General Hospital (CGH) and Block 105 Henderson Crescent in Bukit Merah were announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Residents of specific blocks in the Bukit Merah and Redhill area will receive antigen rapid test (ART) self-test kits from Saturday (June 26).
Those who are eligible will be able to collect the ART kits from their nearest Residents Committee (RC) centre.
Mandatory testing will also be conducted for residents of Block 66 Eng Watt Street in the Tiong Bahru neighbourhood, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday (June 25).
This comes as the authorities investigate likely Covid-19 transmission at Eng Watt Street, with 13 cases of Covid-19 infection detected in three households in Block 66 so far.
Ten of the 13 cases are linked to the Ecoxplore cluster, and one case to the 115 Bukit Merah View Market and Hawker Centre.
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