Nursing home staff in Singapore are now being tested for Covid-19 once every two months as part of measures to ensure that senior citizens in the homes are kept safe from the virus. A MOH spokesman said that all nursing home providers will complete one round of testing of all staff every two months as part of a regular surveillance testing programme that began in the last days of Oct. There are about 9,000 nursing home employees here and 16,000 residents. Surveillance testing of nursing home residents will also be conducted in the coming months. The ministry will also study how to introduce testing for other groups that interact with nursing homes, such as volunteers and external vendors, as other methods of testing – like Antigen Rapid Testing – emerge. “This will help maintain the level of protection for seniors in nursing homes, in the light of the higher risks that can come with the overall safe reopening,” said the spokesman. All nursing home staff and residents underwent one round of mass testing in May as a precautionary measure.... Continue Reading