SINGAPORE: No Malaysian is linked to Singapore foreign employee dormitory clusters which contributed to the largest daily upsurge of new positive Covid-19 cases.
The two cases of Malaysian men involved a 36-year-old who is linked to the cluster of Mustafa Centre department store, which currently has 57 confirmed cases, and the other is a 29-year-old whose link is yet to be identified.
Both are currently warded at Changi General Hospital and the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, respectively, according to the data published by the republic’s Ministry of Health website.
Singapore is currently dealing with a spike in cases at foreign worker dormitories. To date, there have been 466 positive cases linked to nine of the 43 dormitories.
So far, five dormitories have been isolated, with the latest being Tampines Dormitory of Tampines Place.
A new cluster was also identified on Thursday involving another dorm, Shaw Lodge of Shaw Road, with five cases so far.
On Thursday, Singapore recorded a spike in daily positive cases with 287, of which 202 cases were linked to the dorm clusters.
Singapore currently has 43 dormitories which house about 200,000 people mainly from China, India, and Bangladesh.
Most Malaysian workers prefer to commute daily from Johor Baru instead of staying in the republic.
As of Thursday, about 5,000 healthy workers in essential service have been housed separately from the dormitories at several places.
Floating hotels, normally used for offshore accommodation, Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) military camps, Changi Exhibition Centre, and vacant Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats have been identified as temporary accommodation for them. - Bernama