14 more Covid-19 infections linked to welfare home in Admiralty after resident tested positive
Twelve of the infected people are residents of the welfare home and two are staff members there.
SINGAPORE — Fourteen more cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed at the Acacia Home, a welfare home for destitute men in Admiralty, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and the Ministry of Health said on Monday (April 27).
In a joint media statement, the ministries said that of 12 of the 14 are residents of the home and two are staff members there.
Including a 62-year-old man from the home who tested positive for the virus earlier, there are now 15 cases in this cluster.
The two ministries said that employees and residents of the home were tested for Covid-19 on Sunday as a precautionary measure after the first confirmed case was detected.
In all, 115 residents, 31 staff members and 21 contractors who had been to the home to carry out essential works in the past four weeks were tested.
Results on Monday then confirmed the 14 new cases.
“All 15 people are warded at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital,” they said, adding that contact tracing is ongoing.
All the staff members and residents of the home have been placed on quarantine, and the welfare home has been cleaned and disinfected.
“To safeguard their health and well-being, all staff are now required to use full personal protection equipment. All residents must now always wear a surgical mask,” the ministries said, adding that the welfare home had stopped taking in new residents since Saturday for the time being.
MSF is monitoring the situation closely and will be stepping up checks.
