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Covid-19: Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre reopens with enhanced safety measures after 3-day closure.
The enhanced measures, to take effect immediately, include the wearing of coloured wristbands by all tenants and workers, to signify which sector of the centre — fruits, vegetables, dried goods, or cold room — they are working in, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said in a release on Thursday.
Workers are not allowed to cross sectors within the centre unnecessarily, SFA added.
Prior to the temporary closure on Monday afternoon, safety measures in place since March 2020 included restricted access to the wholesale centre, on-arrival testing for trade visitors and a 14-day rostered routine testing for staff and tenants.
Under the enhanced measures, the rostered routine testing will move to a seven-day routine while on-arrival testing will continue for visitors.
The number of workers allowed access to cold rooms will also be controlled, based on factors such as the size of the cold room leased and other operational requirements.
Workers who access the coldrooms will have to return negative tests twice a week before access is granted, SFA said.
Another enhanced measure is that a maximum crowd capacity of 250 trade visitors at Block 13A of the vegetable sector will apply during night trading hours.
During the closure, tenants and workers were required to undergo a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and only those who returned negative results were allowed to resume operations on Thursday.
Deep cleaning and disinfection of the premises was conducted, and the SFA worked closely with stakeholders to identify areas to enhance safety measures.
Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapo...-reopens-enhanced-safety-measures-after-3-day