Sengkang hospital on alert after staff member positive for Covid-19


The hospital said that contact tracing and surveillance swab tests are ongoing. - Reuters

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Colleagues who were in close contact with a housekeeper at Sengkang General Hospital (SKH) are now under quarantine, after the 27-year-old man tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday (May 24).

The man had not had any contact with coronavirus patients, and had also adhered to proper precautionary measures such as wearing personal protective equipment while at work, the hospital said.

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