Just as we thought things are going back to normal, this happened.

In a press conference today, it was announced that there are 56 new community cases today, and 41 of them are linked to the KTV cluster.

There are now 53 cases in the cluster.

Based on yesterday’s numbers, the number of new cases in the community has decreased from 28 cases in the week before to 19 cases in the past week. The number of unlinked cases in the community has increased from 4 cases in the week before to 10 cases in the past week.

The 7-day moving average number of all linked community cases and all unlinked community cases are 1.3 and 1.4 respectively.

MOH Offering Free COVID-19 Tests for Anyone Who Has Interacted with Vietnamese Social Hostesses

MOH is offering free COVID-19 testing for anyone who has interacted with Vietnamese social hostesses, “in any setting”.

The ministry said yesterday that it’s investigating cases of COVID-19 infection among Vietnamese social hostesses who had frequented KTV lounges or clubs currently operating as food and beverage outlets.

It added that there is likely ongoing transmission at three KTV clubs and lounges, namely:

• Club Dolce (Balestier Point)
• WU Bistro (Golden Mile Complex)
• Club De Zara (Textile Centre)

To break any potential chain of transmission and enable deep cleaning, MOH ordered these premises to close their doors to the public from 13 July to 27 July.

“To quickly uncover any community infection cases, we will be conducting special testing operations for all staff of WU Bistro and Club De Zara,” it added.

It will also be questioning the hostesses’ close social contacts.

Free COVID-19 testing will be offered to all visitors of WU Bistro and Club De Zara from 29 June to 13 July.

Those who have visited other KTV lounges or clubs that are operating as F&B outlets as well as those who have interacted with Vietnamese social hostesses “in any setting” during that period may also get tested for free, the ministry said.

Testing For Staff & Visitors of 3 Other Clubs

On Monday (12 July), the health ministry said it would carry out a special testing operation for employees at three entertainment outlets here, namely:

• Supreme KTV at Far East Shopping Centre
• Empress KTV at Tanglin Shopping Centre
• Club Dolce at the commercial centre of Balestier Point

Similarly, it will also offer free COVID-19 testing to members of the public who had visited the above premises between 29 June and 12 July.

94 Cases in Hospitals; 6,378,063 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered

94 cases are currently warded in hospital.Most are well and under observation. There are currently 7 cases of serious illness requiring oxygen supplementation, and 2 in critical condition in the intensive care unit (ICU).

In total, there are currently 22 active clusters, ranging between 3 and 94 infections.

As of 12 July 2021, we have administered a total of 6,378,063 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under the national vaccination programme. The total number of doses administered was 6,378,063, covering 4,022,809 individuals. 2,367,424 individuals have completed the full vaccination regimen, consisting of 12,170 recovered persons who received at least one dose and 2,355,254 who received their second dose.

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