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SINGAPORE – A facility built at Tanjong Pagar Terminal that can house up to 15,000 patients or foreign workers with the coronavirus has begun receiving workers.
When The Straits Times visited the site on Saturday (May 9), workers could be seen donning masks and settling in.
In a Facebook post on the same day, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean shared pictures of the facility which he said is being prepared to house patients who are currently recovering or who have recovered from Covid-19.
The facility at the terminal includes tentage with beds and floating workers’ accommodation facilities, going by photos posted by Mr Teo, who is also Coordinating Minister for National Security.
The tentage and floating accommodations are for step-down care facilities, with proper social distancing in place, he said.
It means that Covid-19 patients from hospitals who are recovering or have mild symptoms can be transferred to Tanjong Pagar Terminal to be cared for, alongside other community isolation facilities such as Changi Exhibition Centre and the Singapore Expo.
This is supposed to help free up hospital facilities for more serious cases, even as Singapore reports more confirmed Covid-19 cases daily, especially among foreign workers from dormitories due to extensive testing.
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