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Of the 305 new cases of COVID-19 announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday (18 May), two were community cases, including a 58-year-old woman who was working at the Bishan MRT station.
The woman had shown symptoms of the virus on 14 May and had subsequently tested positive on 17 May. Despite showing symptoms, the woman continued going to work at the station until she was tested positive.
The MOH has also listed the womans case as local unlinked. This means that it has yet to confirm where she contracted the virus or link her to any virus clusters.
Though the MOH did not specify the womans job scope, TOC understands that the woman is a Service Ambassador (SA) at the station, meaning she would provide assistance to any commuters who needed it. This was noted by the Station Ops Manager in a notice to its staff. The notice also stated that several staff members at the station have had meals together with the SA and will be placed under quarantine.
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This is not the first case of an SMRT employee being infected with COVID-19. In early April, a Rover from the circle line and a maintenance staff from the Rolling Stock Workshop were diagnosed with the virus on 6 and 8 April respectively.
However, it appears that SMRT did not inform the public about these two previous cases. Sources also informed TOC that they had worked and interacted with the Rover who was confirmed with the virus but no one reached out to them for contact tracing purposes.
The job scope of a Rover is similar to that of an SA like the lady who was most recently diagnosed, while also having to be stationed within the train.
TOC reached out to SMRT on these cases in April but have yet to receive a response.
Of the 305 new cases of COVID-19 announced by the Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday (18 May), two were community cases, including a 58-year-old woman who was working at the Bishan MRT station.
The woman had shown symptoms of the virus on 14 May and had subsequently tested positive on 17 May. Despite showing symptoms, the woman continued going to work at the station until she was tested positive.
The MOH has also listed the womans case as local unlinked. This means that it has yet to confirm where she contracted the virus or link her to any virus clusters.
Though the MOH did not specify the womans job scope, TOC understands that the woman is a Service Ambassador (SA) at the station, meaning she would provide assistance to any commuters who needed it. This was noted by the Station Ops Manager in a notice to its staff. The notice also stated that several staff members at the station have had meals together with the SA and will be placed under quarantine.
This is not the first case of an SMRT employee being infected with COVID-19. In early April, a Rover from the circle line and a maintenance staff from the Rolling Stock Workshop were diagnosed with the virus on 6 and 8 April respectively.
However, it appears that SMRT did not inform the public about these two previous cases. Sources also informed TOC that they had worked and interacted with the Rover who was confirmed with the virus but no one reached out to them for contact tracing purposes.
The job scope of a Rover is similar to that of an SA like the lady who was most recently diagnosed, while also having to be stationed within the train.
TOC reached out to SMRT on these cases in April but have yet to receive a response.