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SINGAPORE – All pre-school staff will undergo a one-time swab test for Covid-19 starting from Friday (May 15) before centres reopen on June 2.
The test would cover principals, teachers and educarers, or those who look after infants and toddlers.
It also includes non-programme staff like cleaners and cooks, as well as relief and new staff starting work in June, to be sure that they are not infected before they start working.
The Early Childhood Development Agency’s (ECDA) chief licensing officer Jamie Ang had announced the need for swab tests in a circular to operators on Wednesday.
The Health Promotion Board (HPB) will conduct the tests for staff between Friday and May 26, at four swabbing centres located in polytechnics, at areas segregated from the rest of the campus.
In the circular seen by The Straits Times, Ms Ang said that to allow faster testing, a pooled approach will be used, where swab samples from up to five individuals will tested in one batch, instead of individually.
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