My First Skool at Rivervale Crescent to close temporarily after teaching staff tests positive for Covid-19
All affected staff members and children at My First Skool, which is located on Rivervale Crescent, will be placed on leave of absence.
SINGAPORE — The My First Skool campus at 49 Rivervale Crescent in Punggol will close temporarily after a teaching staff member tested positive for Covid-19, the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) said.
The agency said in a statemnent on Thursday (April 2) that it was informed of the case earlier in the day, and that the employee was last at the centre on March 31.
The centre will be closed from April 3 to 14, which ECDA said covers the 14-day incubation period of the coronavirus. All affected staff members and children will be placed on leave of absence during this time.
"Barring any new developments, the centre will resume programmes on Wednesday, April 15. Contact tracing is ongoing," ECDA said, adding that the preschool will be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
Earlier on Thursday, it was reported that another My First Skool centre in Sengkang, at Fernvale Link, has stepped up cleaning and disinfection after a parent of two preschoolers was diagnosed with Covid-19.
Both children and the family members of the affected parent have been issued quarantine orders, an NTUC First Campus spokesperson said.
Singapore reported 49 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the national total to 1,049. Three new clusters were identified, including one at Mustafa Centre. CNA
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