2,000 more students, staff at SP to be tested after 4th student tested positive

[SINGAPORE] A further 2,000 students and staff from Singapore Polytechnic's School of Chemical & Life Sciences (CLS) will be tested for Covid-19 after a fourth student tested positive for Covid-19.

The Year 2 student from CLS tested positive on Wednesday (May 19), the polytechnic's spokesperson said on Thursday night (May 20).

The student (Case 63487) was last on campus in the morning of Saturday, May 15. She developed symptoms four days later on Wednesday and consulted a doctor. "The Ministry of Health (MOH) has assessed that she was not infectious when she was last on campus," the statement added.

About 2,000 students and staff from CLS will be added to the first phase of MOH's swabbing exercise at Singapore Polytechnic.

This began on Wednesday for about 6,500 students, staff and vendors who were on campus on or after 29 April.

The affected schools are the School of Computing, the Media, Arts & Design School, the School of Business and the School of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering.

MOH will assess whether there is a need to proceed with the swabbing exercise for the rest of the Singapore Polytechnic community, once this first phase of the swabbing exercise is completed.

The school added that individuals will be notified by MOH via SMS on the details of their swab tests.

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