Details 14 May 2021
Hotel G has apologised for declining a room reservation to an individual working at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. According to an image circulating online, the initial email to the guest said: Further to [the] tele-conversation earlier, we will not proceed with room reservation due to the possible risk exposed to the staycation guests, as you are currently working at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and travel to work daily.
On the image were captions that called out Hotel G for discriminating against healthcare workers. One of the captions said: We are advised to try to segregate from our families but how [can we do so] when we can t even book a room to stay in? . Another stated that healthcare workers are being treated like modern-day lepers while still serving the community. Hotel G s spokesperson told
All areas where the man had been in have also been disinfected. We will continue to provide full support to our colleague and continue to enforce strict precautionary measures and infection control protocols to keep our patients, visitors and staff safe, said the statement.
The second staff member, case 63061, is a 43-year-old Chinese woman who is employed by EM Services and worked as a housekeeper at CGH.
She lives in the same household as case 62971, who is part of the Changi Airport cluster.
As she had been identified as a close contact of case 62971, she was quarantined on May 8. She developed a cough the next day, and reported her symptoms to MOH.
SINGAPORE - Changi General Hospital (CGH) and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) have stepped up their defences and put out messages to assure the public after one staff member at each hospital tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday (May 10).
Both cases were announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday night.
The first staff member, case 63,073, is a 42-year-old Malaysian man who works as an operating theatre technician at NTFGH.
He returned to Singapore on Jan 10 after a trip to Malaysia, and served his stay-home notice until Jan 24, testing negative on Jan 23.
On April 14, he visited NTFGH s staff clinic immediately after developing flu-like symptoms, said the hospital. However, he tested negative again and was given three days of medical leave to rest.