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July 21, 2021
Haig Road Market & Food Centre (left) and Chong Pang Market & Food Centre.
The Straits Times, Lianhe Zaobao
SINGAPORE - Two more markets and food centres will be closed after 35 Covid-19 cases were detected among people who worked or visited those places.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) said it has detected 25 of such cases at Haig Road Market and Food Centre, and 10 cases at Chong Pang Market.
Both places will be closed to the public from Wednesday (July 21) to Aug 4 to break the chain of transmission and enable deep cleaning of the premises, MOH said on Tuesday night.
The ministry earlier announced that Chong Boon Market and Food Centre had been closed from July 18 to Aug 1.
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July 20, 2021
505 Jurong West Street 52 Market (pictured) is among 10 more markets and food centres where new Covid-19 cases have been detected.
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE - New Covid-19 infections have been detected among fishmongers working at 10 more markets and food centres, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
They are: Albert Centre Market and Food Centre, Ang Mo Kio Central Market and Food Centre, 630 Bedok Reservoir Road Market and Food Centre, 497 Jurong West Street 41 Market, 505 Jurong West Street 52 Market, Kim Keat Palm Market and Food Centre, Mayflower Wet Market and Food Centre, Teck Ghee Market and Food Centre, 146 Teck Whye Avenue Market and Tekka Centre.
726 West Coast Wet Market
Bukit Timah Wet Market
Haig Road Market and Cooked Food Centre
Jurong Central Plaza
Shunfu Mart
This also includes Hong Lim Market and Chong Boon Market & Food Centre in Ang Mo Kio, which have been closed due to actual clusters being formed.
Jurong Fishery Port & KTV clusters linked: Ong Ye Kung
Those wondering how the Jurong Fishery Port cluster started will be interested to know that it’s linked to the KTV cluster.
That’s what Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in a long Facebook post on Monday (19 Jul).
Although they differ genetically from the Delta variant, the cases in the fishery port and KTVs are more similar to those found in imported cases from Indonesia.