Singapore stepped-up testing finds 4 pupils, 1 non-teaching staff with Covid-19; likely infected before end of circuit breakerFour students and one non-teaching staff confirmed to have Covid-19 are from five different schools — Anglican High School, CHIJ Katong Convent, CHIJ St Theresa’s Convent, Geylang Methodist Secondary School and Hwa Chong Institution. — TODAY pic
The cases were identified as the government have stepped up testing efforts to identify Covid-19 cases earlier, MOE said. All five cases displayed mild symptoms, with the onset of symptoms being June 3 for three cases, and June 2 and May 31 for the remaining two cases.“A repeat test using new samples showed that all five cases were negative. The evidence suggests that they were likely infected during the end of the circuit breaker period, and not after school re-opening.”
In all, 29 staff and 100 students who were in contact with the confirmed cases in school have each been issued with a 14-day Leave of Absence by MOE or Home Quarantine Order by MOH. Some of the students on LOA have registered for the Mother Tongue Language examinations on June 18 can still take the examination.