Overview
- The Communicable Diseases Agency extended screening at Heartbeat@Bedok to May 8 after Monday’s strong turnout, with free appointments also available at designated clinics through Jun 5.
- A total of 708 people had been screened by 6pm Monday across Heartbeat@Bedok and a SATA clinic.
- Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Tuesday said dining at the Bedok 216 hawker centre is safe because tuberculosis generally requires long, close exposure to spread.
- The National Environment Agency and East Coast Town Council will give a half‑month rent rebate and a half‑month waiver of service and conservancy fees to affected hawkers and merchants.
- Investigators used genome sequencing to link 13 cases across three nearby sites, and all patients started treatment with 12 assessed as no longer infectious.