NEX shopping mall and Amoy Street Food Centre among locations visited by COVID-19 cases while infectious

NEX mall in Serangoon and Amoy Street Food Centre were added to the list of places visited by COVID-19 cases while infectious by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday, Jan 21.

In total, there were four new locations added onto the list by MOH. Other locations include a NTUC FairPrice supermarket at Joo Chiat Complex and Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre.

The full details are as follows: 

1. NTUC FairPrice supermarket at Joo Chiat Complex on Jan 13, between 11.05 am and 11.55am
2. Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre at Block 105 Hougang Avenue 1 on Jan 17, between 8.45am and 9.30am
3. Food Junction food court at Nex mall in Serangoon on Jan 17, between 6.45pm and 7.30pm
4. Amoy Street Food Centre on Jan 18, between 12.10pm and 1.10pm

The list is updated by MOH on a rolling 14-day basis, or one incubation period, and as epidemiological investigations progress.

If you were at any of the locations during the specified timings, you should monitor your health closely for 14 days from your date of visit as a precautionary measure, MOH advised. 

There were 38 new COVID-19 cases reported in Singapore on Thursday. Of these, 34 were imported, with four in the community.  

MOH added that three more COVID-19 cases have now been linked to a cluster at BS Industrial & Construction Supply in Kallang, with the cluster now standing at seven cases.  

The number of new cases in the community has increased from three in the week before to 21 in the past week.

On Thursday, co-chair of the COVID-19 multi-ministry taskforce Lawrence Wong said that authorities are considering introducing new restrictions ahead of the Chinese New Year period. 

This is in light of the recent uptick in community cases, and the increased intermingling expected during Chinese New Year.