SINGAPORE - Safra Tampines will remain open even though it has formed a new cluster with a total of nine Covid-19 cases as at Thursday (Aug 12).
In a statement to The Straits Times, Safra said that six individuals who had tested positive for the coronavirus were last at Safra Tampines from Aug 6 to 10.
All identified close contacts of these cases have been quarantined, it added.
Areas visited by the affected individuals were also disinfected according to the National Environment Agency's guidelines.
The club said that safe management measures will continue to be in place at all Safra premises. These include limiting group sizes to five people.
Unvaccinated individuals are advised to keep to groups of no more than two people.
Fully vaccinated individuals can dine-in at all food and beverage establishments in groups of up to five. They can also participate without a mask in some indoor activities, such as badminton and squash. These are part of Safra's differentiated measures for the vaccinated, according to the club's website.
MOH also announced a new cluster on Thursday at My First Skool at 54 Chin Swee Road.
There are now 119 active clusters islandwide, ranging between three and 1,151 infections.
This is the second cluster pinned to a Safra club since the coronavirus hit Singapore last year: 47 cases were linked to a Safra Jurong cluster that can be traced to a Chinese New Year celebration in one of its restaurants.
The cluster was announced on March 5 and closed on April 13.
One if its attendees, a 70-year-old man, tested positive for the virus on March 6 and died of complications on April 14.
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