Bukit Batok Driving Centre allows fully vaccinated customers living in Bukit Merah View area to resume lessons
SINGAPORE – Residents living near Bukit Merah View can resume driving lessons at Bukit Batok Driving Centre (BBDC) from Tuesday (June 29) if they have been fully vaccinated. The centre gave this update on its website on Monday (June 28), after it earlier barred customers who live around Bukit Merah View from entering its premises. BBDC... » read more
Fewer than 10 stalls open at Bukit Merah View market on first day of reopening
SINGAPORE – The 115 Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre – which is at the centre of Singapore’s largest open Covid-19 cluster – reopened on Sunday (June 27) after a two-week closure. However, fewer than 10 stalls out of the 182 there were open for business when The Straits Times visited at 8.30am. Some... » read more
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on June 25
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Friday, June 25. Changi General Hospital porter among 2 unlinked Covid-19 cases; 3 new cases linked to Bukit Merah View food centre The Bukit Merah View cluster now has 85 cases. READ MORE HERE Ministers urge more seniors to get vaccinated against Covid-19 ahead of... » read more
More Covid-19 clusters likely as S’pore reopens, but vaccination helps containment: Experts
SINGAPORE – As Singapore continues to open up in the months to come, more clusters like the ones in the Bukit Merah View area could emerge from time to time, accompanied by intensive testing operations to keep the spread contained, said infectious diseases experts. But this need not be a cause for panic, as higher... » read more
Snaking queues form at Bukit Merah Block 125A for Covid-19 swabbing
SINGAPORE – Long queues formed at the temporary Covid-19 testing area set up at Block 125A Bukit Merah View on Tuesday (June 15), after the site was opened to residents. Set up on Monday, the site was intended for the mandatory testing of about 85 stallholders at 116 Bukit Merah View after a new cluster formed... » read more
Mandatory Covid-19 testing under way for 85 stallholders at Bukit Merah View
SINGAPORE – Mandatory Covid-19 testing started at 10am on Monday (June 14) for about 85 stallholders at Block 116 Bukit Merah View. A temporary site has been set up at Block 125A for this. While free testing is also being offered for residents and members of the public who visited either 115 Bukit Merah View... » read more