Seoul Garden restaurant in Northpoint City among places visited by infectious Covid-19 patients on first day of Phase 2 reopening

SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday (June 23) added one more location — the Seoul Garden restaurant at Northpoint City in Yishun — to a list of public places that had been visited by Covid-19 patients during their infectious period.

In its evening update on the coronavirus situation in Singapore, the ministry said that the visit to the restaurant was between 8.05pm and 9.40pm on June 19 — the first day of the Phase Two reopening. 

Earlier, it had also listed the Sheng Siong Supermarket at Serangoon North Avenue 5 as having been visited by infectious patients that day.

MOH said that it would have already notified individuals who had been identified as close contacts of the confirmed cases.

"As a precautionary measure, persons who had been at these locations during the specified timings should monitor their health closely for 14 days from their date of visit," the ministry said.

"They should see a doctor promptly if they develop symptoms of acute respiratory infection (such as cough, sore throat and runny nose), as well as fever and loss of taste or smell, and inform the doctor of their exposure history."

Members of the public do not need to avoid places where confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been, MOH said.

The National Environment Agency will engage the management of the affected premises to provide guidance on cleaning and disinfection, it added.

On Tuesday, MOH announced 119 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore. Among them, three are cases in the community while the rest were migrant workers in dormitories.

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