Covid-19: Under 1% of community cases from hospitals, nursing homes
The Straits Times|November 08, 2022
There were around 330 Covid-19 cases in hospitals here and 3,000 cases in nursing homes in the six months from April to September 2022.
Joyce Teo
Covid-19: Under 1% of community cases from hospitals, nursing homes

Taken together, they constitute less than 1 per cent of total reported community cases over this period, Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary told Parliament on Monday.

Dr Janil was responding to a question by Workers' Party chairman Sylvia Lim (Aljunied GRC) on Covid-19 cases in these settings, and whether the Ministry of Health (MOH) is satisfied with the effectiveness of safety measures at such facilities.

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