SINGAPORE: Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Tuesday (Apr 21) flagged the number of unlinked COVID-19 cases in the community as “concerning” even as ...
“Unfortunately that number has not come down, and this suggests there is a larger, hidden reservoir of COVID-19 cases in the community, and this reservoir is the source of these unlinked cases, which we have not detected," Mr Lee said.Mr Gan said that Singapore will continue to conduct tests and screening for Singaporeans and foreign workers, but in a “very strategic way”.
There has been a spike in the number of new COVID-19 cases in Singapore in recent days, particularly among foreign workers living in dormitories.In the community, while it is not possible to test millions of Singaporeans, there is targeted testing, for example, for those who continue to go to work, Mr Gan said.
He said: “These reflect the fact that there are underlying cases, they are transmitting in the community, and that is why we need to put in extra effort, these circuit breaker measures, to make sure that we are able to bring down these community cases, particularly those that are unlinked. This way, we will ... generally ... reduce the risk of transmission.
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