SINGAPORE - When Mr Eric Tan, 62, joined the queue to get swabbed at a makeshift Covid-19 testing site in Our Tampines Hub, he did not think he would have to stand in line for more than two hours.
The senior citizen, who works at the FairPrice supermarket branch in the hub, said: Though I can handle standing in the line this long, other seniors may not be strong enough to do so.
Mr Tan was among the hundreds of people who queued to get swabbed on Wednesday (May 19) at various testing centres and clinics.
Some were individuals who received SMS alerts that they had possibly been exposed to Covid-19 cases who had visited Jem, Westgate and White Sands malls, while others, like Mr Tan, worked in places where testing was compulsory.