SINGAPORE: SLR Revolution in Excelsior Shopping Centre has been identified as a COVID-19 cluster another employee tested positive for the virus, becoming the fourth case to be linked to the camera shop.
The latest case is a 57-year-old Singaporean man who was included in the Ministry of Health's (MOH) report on Sunday (Aug 30) night.
AdvertisementAdvertisementThe man, who is asymptomatic, was confirmed as a case on Saturday.
He had earlier been placed on quarantine after his colleague, a 61-year-old Singaporean man, tested positive on Aug 20.
[h=3]READ: 54 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore, including 5 people linked to family gatherings and new cluster at camera store[/h][h=3]READ: SLR Revolution employee who tested positive for COVID-19 had gone to work after 'mild symptom'[/h] AdvertisementAdvertisementThe first employee - who went to work during his infectious period - has so far been linked to a 65-year-old Singaporean woman who tested positive for the disease on Aug 23.
MOH on Thursday also reported that a 31-year-old Singaporean woman tested positive after visiting the camera shop on Aug 17, and "may have had contact" with the 61-year-old employee.
As a precautionary measure after the 31-year-old woman tested positive, MOH said it would contact and facilitate COVID-19 tests for everyone who had visited the camera shop between Aug 15 and 18.
MOH said on Sunday it has identified and contacted 240 people so far. In all, 224 people have been swabbed and their results are pending.
MOH is facilitating testing for the remaining individuals.
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