SINGAPORE, Aug 3 — Despite testing negative for Covid-19 during a mandatory testing operation for those linked to Jurong Fishery Port, Chng, a fishmonger was informed by the Ministry of Health three days later that he would need to be quarantined.
Chng said that MOH assured him he would be picked up by July 24 at the latest but it was only four days from when he was informed — on July 25 — that he was escorted to a hotel to be quarantined.Similar complaints like Chng’s about delays and confusion related to the quarantine process have surfaced in recent weeks, amid a spike in cases linked to the fishery port and karaoke lounges.
To find out what was going on, he called the MOH Certis hotline repeatedly but could not get through to any officers manning the hotline. Other individuals TODAY spoke to related their experience of receiving conflicting information from the authorities. Meanwhile, another fishmonger from the Jurong Fishery Port, who wanted to be known only as Lim, said he has been left confused by MOH’s instructions for his worker.The Chinese national then self-isolated in a hotel room for 14 days but did not receive any further instructions from MOH if he could end his quarantine despite the authorities saying they would “get back to him”.‘Backlog cleared’