RATIONALE FOR TWO COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT TRAVEL HISTORIES AND DISCHARGE DATES TO BE ROOMED TOGETHER

15 February 2022

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NOTICE PAPER NO. 959
NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 15 FEBRUARY 2022

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim,
MP for Sengkang GRC

Question No. 1552

To ask the Minister for Health what is the rationale behind the policy that two COVID-19-positive individuals, with different travel histories and discharge dates, can be roomed together.

Written Answer

Confirmed COVID-19 cases may be isolated together in the same room as there is no risk from reinfection during the course of their infection and immediately after an infection. This is no different from other infectious diseases such as measles or chicken pox, where patients with the same infectious disease can stay together.

Such arrangements ensure that we have sufficient overall capacity to handle a surge in cases.