Visitors barred from nursing homes until Apr 30 after COVID-19 cases detected in old age home

SINGAPORE: No visitors will be allowed at all nursing homes in Singapore for the month of April, said the Ministry of Health and Agency for Integrated Care on Wednesday .

Other precautionary measures include safe distancing for all nursing home residents and a reminder that staff members who are unwell must not turn up for work.Advertisement All staff caring for the home's female residents have been on quarantine order since Tuesday, said AIC, while the remaining staff were placed on quarantine order on Wednesday.

"MOH and AIC are working to provide Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home with moral support during this period to ensure service continuity, so that its residents will not be affected," said AIC.

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