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Chong Boon market to close for 2 weeks aster confirmed Covid-19 cases; fishmongers from 11 other markets test positive | Malay Mail

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SINGAPORE — Chong Boon Market & Food Centre in Ang Mo Kio will close for two weeks after two Covid-19 cases who work there or had visited were found, while fishmongers from 11 markets and food centres across the island have also tested positive for the virus. In a statement yesterday, the...

MOH had also announced on Friday a cluster at Hong Lim Market & Food Centre in Chinatown that was also linked to the fishery port.

“Our epidemiological investigations found that they are likely to have been infected through contact with stallholders at Jurong Fishery Port.” “As there is risk of transmission to other markets and food centres, we are conducting aggressive contact tracing, quarantine and testing to ringfence the cases and prevent further spread.”

They will also be issued with self-test ART kits and are required to self-administer an ART test on the seventh day from the last exposure.

 

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