May 20, 2021
Alexandra Hospital has disinfected all the areas the basic care assistant who tested positive for Covid-19 had been in.
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE - A ward in Alexandra Hospital will be barred to visitors until further notice after an employee tested positive for Covid-19.
She was among the four unlinked cases reported by the Health Ministry on Wednesday (May 19).
In a Facebook post on Thursday morning, the hospital said the 24-year-old Singaporean provided basic nursing care in the affected ward.
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It added that the employee had adhered to personal protective equipment guidelines.
PUTRAJAYA: A Covid-19 outbreak at an education centre in Hulu Langat, Selangor has resulted in the discovery of 50 positive cases under the cluster.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the cluster involves students of an educational centre located at Jalan Langat Ceria 4, Taman Langat Ceria in Hulu Langat.
“The cluster’s index case was tested for Covid-19 after developing symptoms, and was declared positive on April 18, he said.
“Since then, 144 individuals have been screened, and 50 confirmed cases have been found under this cluster, ” added Dr Noor Hisham in his daily Covid-19 updates.
The cluster is among 11 new ones identified by the Health Ministry on Wednesday (April 21).