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Regional screening centres will be set up progressively across the island to support increased Covid-19 testing needs, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said yesterday.
These centres, which will be set up by the Health Promotion Board (HPB), will be used to carry out active testing for target groups, and will be located in places that are easily accessible, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release.
Speaking at a press conference, Mr Gan said many of the community cases in the past week came from active case finding, and with increased interaction among people, a rise in the number of cases is expected.
Mr Gan said: “What is important for us is to mitigate the risks, with basic hygiene practices and precautions, and ring-fencing cases quickly with timely contact tracing so that large clusters do not form.
“Testing is a key enabler of our overall efforts to safely re-open.”
Two of the regional centres at the Old Police Academy and The Float @ Marina Bay started up last Tuesday, and two more centres, one at the Bukit Gombak sport hall and Bishan sport hall, were set up yesterday.
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