New COVID-19 clusters reported at 3 dormitories that were previously cleared of the disease

The Ministry of Health has identified new cases at Toh Guan Dormitory, Changi Lodge II and North Coast Lodge.Of the 49 new COVID-19 cases reported in Singapore on Wednesday, 43 cases were from dormitories.

A new cluster was also reported on Wednesday at North Coast Lodge, with seven previous cases linked to the dormitory., the dormitory was cleared of COVID-19 on Aug 14 by MOH. More than 650 cases were linked to the cluster there before the cluster was closed.Two additional COVID-19 cases reported were on Wednesday linked to Sungei Tengah Lodge, Singapore's biggest foreign worker dormitory, with a total of 196 confirmed cases in the cluster.

READ: New COVID-19 cases at dormitories detected by routine testing is 'part of the plan': Josephine Teo “We have planned for every single one in the construction, marine and process sector, as well as the people who come into close contact with them, to be regularly tested. So, the findings today are a result of those testing,” Mrs Teo said on Aug 26. “That is what we are doing, it is part of the plan and it is surfacing as part of the plan.”

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