Hospitals can allow some visitors to stay beyond 20 minutes if they take a COVID-19 test: MOH

SINGAPORE: Hospitals may allow visitation time to be extended for some visitors if they have taken a COVID-19 test, said the Ministry of Health on Sunday .

As part of measures to mitigate any risk of infection within healthcare institutions, every visit at public and private healthcare institutions should not last more than 20 minutes, said MOH in response to queries by CNA.

READ: Hospitals introduce entry restrictions on those who have been to Tan Tock Seng Hospital's inpatient wards Visitors can only use test kits that are provided by the hospitals and testing may only be carried out on the day of the visit by hospital staff members or as a self-swab under their supervision.

“ART testing for visitors to subsidised wards will be funded by MOH,” said the ministry, adding that test result will be valid for 24 hours.Singapore General Hospital , which will begin implementing these measures on Monday, said in a Facebook post that visitors can also submit a polymerase chain reaction test taken in the past 24 hours.

Hope this apply only to visitation of hospitalization.......n not for specialist clinic appointment ya.

Wats the point of full vaccinations if it is not recognised by the very people who administered the vaccines.

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