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SINGAPORE - While parents are encouraged to keep their children at home in the coming weeks, as telecommuting is now the default, pre-schools and student care centres will remain open to support parents who need to work, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Sunday (May 16). "We understand that many parents are essential workers who need to work... They will require services in the schools and childcare centres to help them during this period, and we will make all efforts to help parents an...

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Of these, six are airport staff employed at Terminals 1 and 3. [[nid:529062]] They are a 27-year-old who works in a retail store at Terminal 3, a 29-year-old who works as an IT support engineer in Terminal 1, two Certis Cisco employees aged 28 and 67, and two Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officers aged 51 and 57. The other seven are contacts of patients in the cluster. They comprise two cleaners at Kopitiam Square Sengkang, another cleaner at Robinson 77 in the Central Business District...

Both of them, aged 8 and 12, are pupils of St Andrews Junior School and took the same school bus as a pupil who attended enrichment classes at Learning Point and was later confirmed to have Covid-19. This brings the total number of patients in the Learning Point cluster to nine, after a 50-year-old woman who works as a tutor there was confirmed to have Covid-19 on Wednesday. The remaining two children are a 6-year-old boy who is a pupil at Palm View Primary School and a 7-year-old boy who is a ...

The Learning Lab operates a total of eight outlets here, while HCL runs 12 centres.  In a circular that was sent to parents and seen by The Straits Times, The Learning Lab said it will be shifting all its classes to Zoom as a precaution, in the light of the confirmed Covid-19 case. "We apologise for the inconvenience. Should your child face any problems attending their lesson online, please reach out to us via our website live chat or hotline," it added. The chain had earlier made plans to mov...

This brings the total number of cases to 61,536. 19 of the cases announced on May 15 are in the community. There are no new cases in the dormitories. The remaining 12 cases are imported. Overall, the number of new cases in the community has increased from 43 cases in the week before to 103 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased from six cases in the week before to 16 cases in the past week. 19 cases in the community There are 19 cases in th...

2 students at The Learning Lab among latest COVID-19 cases at tuition centres Toggle share menu Advertisement View of The Learning Labs United Square outlet. (Photo: United Square website) 15 May 2021 08:35PM (Updated: 15 May 2021 08:40PM) Share this content Bookmark SINGAPORE: Two students at The Learning Lab (TLL) tuition centre have tested positive for COVID-19 after they were identified as contacts of an earlier confirmed case. Both students are siblings...

Timeline: How a COVID-19 cluster emerged at Learning Point tuition centre Toggle share menu Advertisement Timeline: How a COVID-19 cluster emerged at Learning Point tuition centre A Google Maps screengrab showing Parkway Centre, where the Learning Point tuition centre is located. (Image: Screengrab from Google Maps) 16 May 2021 02:36AM) Share this content Bookmark SINGAPORE: A COVID-19 cluster has emerged linked to a tuition centre, with a tutor, seven childr...

Several Wang Learning Centre students to quarantine after sharing class with student from Learning Point COVID-19 cluster Toggle share menu Advertisement Several Wang Learning Centre students to quarantine after sharing class with student from Learning Point COVID-19 cluster Advertisement Singapore Several Wang Learning Centre students to quarantine after sharing class with student from Learning Point COVID-19 cluster View of the EastGate building along East ...

Of the community cases, two are currently unlinked. There were also 12 imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notice on arrival in Singapore, said the ministry. Of these, seven are returning Singaporeans or permanent residents. The new cases take Singapores total to 61,536. More details will be announced on Saturday night. On Friday, MOH said that five primary school pupils have tested positive for the coronavirus after attending classes run by an infected tuition teacher at Learning ...