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SINGAPORE - Two more pre-school staff have been diagnosed with Covid-19, as new cases in the community edged up to 11.
Both the employees had gone to work after their swab tests, with the 54-year-old Singaporean woman returning to Shaws Preschool in Lorong Chuan. The other infected pre-school staff is a 24-year-old Filipino who worked in the PCF Sparkletots @ Gambas, said the Ministry of Health in its daily update on Saturday (May 23).
Pre-school staff are being actively screened for the virus ahead of the centres reopening on June 2, and the two newly confirmed cases are among the seven pre-school staff who have tested positive for the infection, said the Early Childhood Development Agency, in a statement on Saturday night.
About 15,300, or more than 99 per cent, of all pre-school staff who had undergone testing so far have tested negative, said the agency. The one-time swab tests started on May 15 and are scheduled to complete by end-May.
Another newly confirmed case is a 20-year-old Singaporean man who worked at 31 Sungei Kadut Avenue and Cochrane Lodge I. Both are worker dormitories that have been gazetted as isolation areas. He had worked at the dormitories after the onset of his symptoms on May 16.
Aside from another unlinked case and the two pre-school employees, the rest of the 11 cases in the community are linked to existing clusters or contacts.
They are among 642 new Covid-19 cases confirmed on Saturday. Foreign workers living in dormitories form the bulk of the remaining cases.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...19-cases-in-singapore-bringing-total-to-31068